The Dukes of the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Dukes Throughout History

This page provides a list of United Kingdom Duke creations since 1801. It is under development.

27 Nov 1801
Duke of Cambridge (& E. of Tipperary & L. Culloden) – Adolphus Frederick (died 8 July 1850, extinct(2) 17 March 1904)

11 May 1814
Duke of Wellington in the County of Somerset (& M. Douro) – Arthur Wellesley (1st M. of Wellington) (died 14 Sep 1852)

4 Feb 1822
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (& M. of Chandos & E. Temple of Stowe in the County of Buckingham) (special remainder) – Richard Nugent-Temple-Grenville (2nd M. of Buckingham) (died 17 Jan 1839, extinct(3) 26 March 1889)

28 Jan 1833
Duke of Sutherland in Scotland – George Granville Leveson Gower (2nd M. of Stafford) (died 19 July 1833)

29 Jan 1833
Duke of Cleveland (& L. Raby of Raby Castle in the County of Durham) – William Harry Vane (1st M. of Cleveland) (died 29 Jan 1842, extinct(4) 21 Aug 1891)

24 May 1866
Duke of Edinburgh (& E. of Kent & E. of Ulster) – Alfred Ernest Albert (extinct(1) 30 July 1900)

27 Feb 1874
Duke of Westminster – Hugh Lupus Grosvenor (3rd M. of Westminster) (died 22 Dec 1899)

24 May 1874
Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (& E. of Sussex) – Arthur William Patrick Albert (died 16 Jan 1942, extinct(2) 26 April 1943)

13 Jan 1876
Duke of Gordon of Gordon Castle in Scotland (& E. of Kinrara in the County of Inverness) – Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (6th Duke of Richmond (S)) (died 27 Sep 1903)

24 May 1881
Duke of Albany (& L. Arklow & E. of Clarence) – Leopold George Duncan Albert (died 28 March 1884, extinct(2) 28 March 1919)

24 May 1890
Duke of Clarence and Avondale (& E. of Athlone) – Albert Victor Christian Edward (extinct(1) 14 Jan 1892)

7 April 1892
Duke of Argyll in Scotland – George Douglas Campbell (8th Duke of Argyll (S)) (died 24 April 1900)

29 July 1889
Duke of Fife in Scotland (& M. of Macduff in the County of Banff) – Alexander William George Duff (6th E. of Fife (I)) (extinct(1) 29 Jan 1912)

16 Oct 1899
Duke of Fife (& E. of Macduff in the County of Banff) (special remainder) – Alexander William George Duff (1st Duke of Fife) (died 29 Jan 1912)

24 May 1892
Duke of York (& E. of Inverness & L. Killarney) – George Frederick Ernest Albert York (merged in Crown 6 May 1910)

3 June 1920
Duke of York (& E. of Inverness & L. Killarney) – Albert Frederick Arthur George York (merged in Crown 11 Dec 1936)

31 March 1928
Duke of Gloucester (& E. of Ulster & L. Culloden) – Henry William Frederick Albert (died 10 June 1974)

12 Oct 1934
Duke of Kent (& E. of St Andrews & L. Downpatrick) – George Edward Alexander Edmund (died 25 Aug 1942)
27 Nov 1801 (H)    Duke of Sussex (& E. of Inverness & L. Arklow) – Augustus Frederick (extinct(1) 21 April 1843)

8 March 1937
Duke of Windsor – Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David (extinct(1) 28 May 1972)

20 Nov 1947
Duke of Edinburgh (& E. of Merioneth & L. Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London) – Philip Mountbatten

23 July 1986
Duke of York (& E. of Inverness & L. Killyleagh) – Andrew Albert Christian Edward