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5 unusual facts about Duchess of Kent


Duchess of Kent's Annuity Act 1838

It empowered the Queen to grant an annuity of £30,000 to her mother, the Duchess of Kent, on the condition that all previously existing annuities to the Duchess were to cease.

The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 8) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 26 January 1838.

St James's University Hospital

All of the Hospital buildings except Chancellor's Wing are named after surrounding streets in the Leeds suburb of Harehills (Chancellor's Wing is named after the then Chancellor of the University of Leeds, HRH The Duchess of Kent, who opened the building in 1972).

The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay

In 1970, Katharine, Duchess of Kent visited and when the facility upgraded from “Convalescent Home“ to “Hospital” in 1971, it took her name.

Whitgift Centre

The first shop to open was Boots on 17 October 1968, and the centre itself was officially opened in October 1970 by the Duchess of Kent.


Accommodation at the University of Hong Kong

Named with the permission of HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.

Alison Leggatt

Leggatt's television credits include the 1975 mini-series Edward the Seventh, in which she portrayed the Duchess of Kent.

Couper baronets

He was a Colonel in the Army and fought in the Peninsular War, served as Military Secretary to the Governor Generals of Canada, Sir James Kempt and Lord Durham, and was Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.

George Dawe

He enjoyed the patronage of the Duke and Duchess of Kent and also that of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.

Georgiana Harcourt

In 12 September 1835 when Princess Victoria visited Harewood House in Yorkshire with her mother, the Duchess of Kent she attended the local church service.

Herne Windmill

A new pair of sails was constructed by Hunt, the work being made possible by support from SPAB, the Duchess of Kent and Trinity House.

William George Maton

He afterwards became physician to the Duchess of Kent, and to the infant Princess Victoria.


see also

Lady Flora Hastings

The unmarried Lady Flora was alleged to have had an affair with John Conroy, the "favourite" and also suspected lover of the Duchess of Kent.

Ó Maolconaire

John Conroy, Welsh-born Protestant absentee landlord, Baronet and Comptroller to the Duchess of Kent of the British Royal Family, 1786-1854, reputed true father of Queen Victoria.

Princess Edward

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786-1861), The Princess Edward, Duchess of Kent

Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke

He was Comptroller and Private Secretary to the Duchess of Kent, 1942–1948, as well as Equerry to the Duke of Kent.

The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay

The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay (Chinese: 大口環根德公爵夫人兒童醫院) is a pediatric hospital in Sandy Bay on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong.