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Royal Confirmations (aka Confirmation Information of the Royal Family
since Queen Victoria)
Table of Contents:
Author's Note
Confirmations of the Royal Family
Sources
Author's Note
This document consists of the confirmation details of the Royal Family from Queen Victoria
in 1835 to her present-day male-line descendants (who were titled Prince or Princess of
Great Britain with the style Royal Highness) who received the Rite of Confirmation. These
are the following exceptions:
√ included:
• the spouses of selected sovereigns (Prince Albert, Queen Alexandra, Queen
Mary, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Duke of Edinburgh)
• the spouses of the current
Prince of Wales (Diana, Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall)
• the spouses of selected royal peers (the Duchesses of Gloucester: Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
and Birgitte van Deurs); the Duchesses of Kent: Princess Marina of Greece and
Katharine Worsley)
not
included:
• the descendants of Prince Charles Edward of Great
Britain, Duke of Albany (later the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), son of Prince Leopold of Great
Britain, Duke of Albany
• Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught (son of HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught, only
son of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught)
The data for each individual includes his or her name (and/or title), followed by the names of his
or her parents, the date and location of birth (and death, where applicable), the confirmation date,
location, and officiating clergy, and the source for this information.
Unless otherwise indicated, the confirmations were performed according to the Church of England
(Anglican) rite.
When information is unknown, this is indicated.
The date following an individual's name at the start of his or her entry indicates the year of his
or her confirmation. If the confirmation date is unknown, no date is indicated. If more than one
child was confirmed in a particular year, the month and the year of confirmation are indicated.
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Confirmations of the Royal Family
N.B.: The confirmation details are presented in chronological order beginning in 1835.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort
April 1835
Parents: Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha
Born: 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg; Died: 14 December
1861 at Windsor Castle
Confirmed: 12 April 1835 in the Chapel of Schloss Ehrenburg, Coburg by
Superintendent General Pastor Dr. Genzler, first chaplain of the court*
Source: Grey:312-313
* Prince Albert was confirmed according to the Lutheran (Evangelical Church) rite.
He was confirmed at the same time as his brother Prince Ernst.
Queen Victoria
July 1835
Parents: Prince Edward of Great Britain, Duke of Kent and
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Born: 24 May 1819 at Kensington Palace; Died: 22 January 1901 at Osborne
House, Isle of Wight
Confirmed: 30 July 1835 in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of London (Dean of the Chapel
Royal)*
Source: The Times, 31 July 1835
* Victoria was "dressed in a white lace dress, with a white crape
bonnet with a wreath of white roses round it" for the occasion. Her confirmation
took place after the "usual morning [Church] service was performed". (Esher
I:125)
Princess Victoria of Great Britain, Princess Royal
1856
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 21 November 1840 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 5 August 1901 at
Friedrichshof, Kronberg-im-Taunus
Confirmed: 20 March 1856 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High
Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor
(Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell (Deputy
Clerk of the Closet in Waiting), and the Reverend H.J. Ellison (Vicar of
Windsor)
Source: The Times, 21 March 1856
King Edward VII
1858
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 9 November 1841 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 6 May 1910 at Buckingham
Palace
Confirmed: 1 April 1858 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner),
the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor (Resident
Chaplain to the Queen), the Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell (Chaplain to the
Prince Consort), and the Reverend H.J. Ellison (Vicar of Windsor)
Source: The Times, 2 April 1858
Princess Alice of Great Britain
1859
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 25 April 1843 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 14 December 1878 at Neues
Palais, Darmstadt
Confirmed: 21 April 1859 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High
Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk of the Closet), the Dean of Windsor
(Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Reverend Lord Wriothesley Russell
(Chaplain to the Prince Consort), and the Reverend H.J. Ellison
Source: The Times, 22 April 1859
Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh (later the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
April 1860
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 6 August 1844 at Windsor Castle; Died: 30 July 1900 at Schloss
Rosenau, near Coburg
Confirmed: 6 April 1860 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High
Almoner), the Dean of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Reverend
Lord Wriothesley Russell (Chaplain to the Prince Consort), the Reverend H.J.
Ellison (Vicar of Windsor), and the Reverend W.L. Onslow (Chaplain and Naval
Instructor of Her Majesty's ship Euryalus)
Source: The Times, 6 April 1860
Queen Alexandra
October 1860
Parents: Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
(later Christian IX, King of Denmark) and Princess Louise of Hesse-Cassel
Born: 1 December 1844 at the Gûle Palais (Yellow Palace),
Copenhagen; Died: 20 November
1921 at Sandringham House, Norfolk
Confirmed: 18 or 20 October 1860 in the Slots Kirken (Chapel Royal)
at Christianborg Palace,
Copenhagen*
Source: Battiscombe:11; Duff:21; Tooley:16
* Princess Alexandra's confirmation took place on 18 October 1860
(Tooley:16) or on 20 October 1860 (Battiscombe:11). She was confirmed according to the Lutheran
rite at the same time as her brother Prince Frederick.
Princess Helena of Great Britain
1862
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 25 May 1846 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 9 June 1923 at her
residence Schomberg
House, London
Confirmed: 17 April 1862 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by
the Bishop of Winchester, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and the Reverend
George Prothero (rector of Whippingham)
Source: The Times, 18 April 1862
Princess Louise of Great Britain
1865
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 18 March 1848 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 3 December 1939 at
Kensington Palace
Confirmed: 21 January 1865 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and the Reverend
George Prothero (rector of Whippingham)
Source: The Times, 23 January 1865
Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught
1866
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 1 May 1850 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 16 January 1942 at
Bagshot
Park, Surrey
Confirmed: 26 April 1866 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, the Reverend George Prothero
(rector of Whippingham), and the Reverend William Jolley
Source: The Times, 28 April 1866
Prince Leopold of Great Britain, Duke of Albany
1869
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 7 April 1853 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 28 March 1884 at
Villa Nevada, Cannes,
France
Confirmed: 30 January 1869 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Reverend George Prothero, and the Reverend Robinson
Duckworth (Governor to Prince Leopold)
Source: The Times, 1 February 1869
Princess Beatrice of Great Britain
1874
Parents: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Queen Victoria
Born: 14 April 1857 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 26 October 1944 at
Brantridge Park, Balcombe, Sussex
Confirmed: 9 January 1874 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Reverend George Prothero, and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth
Source: The Times, 10 January 1874
Prince Albert Victor of Great Britain, Duke of Clarence
August 1882
Parents: Prince Albert Edward of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and Princess
Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
Born: 8 January 1864 at Frogmore House, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire;
Died: 14 January 1892 at Sandringham House, Norfolk
Confirmed: 8 August 1882 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and Canon Connor*
Source: The Times, 9 August 1882
* Prince Albert Victor was confirmed at the same time as his
brother Prince George.
King George V
August 1882
Parents: Prince Albert Edward of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and Princess
Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
Born: 3 June 1865 at Marlborough House, St James's, Westminster; Died: 20 January 1936
at Sandringham House, Norfolk
Confirmed: 8 August 1882 at Whippingham Church, Newport, Isle of Wight by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and Canon Connor*
Source: The Times, 9 August 1882
* Prince George was confirmed at the same time as his brother
Prince Albert Victor.
Princess Louise of Great Britain, Princess Royal
1884
Parents: Prince Albert Edward of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
Born: 20 February 1867 at Marlborough House, St James's, Westminster; Died: 4 January 1931 at her
residence 15 Portman Square, Marylebone, London
Confirmed: 6 August 1884 at Osborne House, Isle of Wight by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by
the Dean of Windsor, the Reverend Canon Prothero, and the Reverend Teignmouth Shore*
Source: The Times, 8 August 1884
* Princess Louise's confirmation took place "in the new room at Osborne, which
has lately been built for special use as a chapel, and which was decorated with
flowers for the occasion." (The Times, 8 August 1884)
Queen Mary
1885
Parents: Franz, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Great Britain
Born: 26 May 1867 at Kensington Palace; Died: 24 March 1953 at Marlborough
House, St James's, Westminster
Confirmed: 1 August 1885 in the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace by the Bishop of
St Albans, assisted by the Reverend Edgar Sheppard (Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal), and
the Honourable and Reverend Edward Carr Glyn (chaplain to the Queen and vicar of Kensington)*
Source: The Times, 3 August 1885
* Princess Mary was confirmed at the same time as her
brother Prince Adolphus.
Princess Victoria of Great Britain
1886
Parents: Prince Albert Edward of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
Born: 6 July 1868 at Marlborough House, St James's, Westminster; Died: 3 December 1935 at Coppins,
Iver, Buckinghamshire
Confirmed: 22 April 1886 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham,
Norfolk by
the Archbishop of Canterbury
Source: The Times, 23 April 1886
Princess Maud of Great Britain
1887
Parents: Prince Albert Edward of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)
Born: 26 November 1869 at Marlborough House, St James's, Westminster; Died: 20 November
1938 in a nursing home in London
Confirmed: 7 April 1887 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, Norfolk by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Reverend Teignmouth Shore (chaplain in
ordinary to the Queen, and incumbent of Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, London)
Source: The Times, 8 April 1887
Prince Alfred of Great Britain (later the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha)
1890
Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna
of Russia (later the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Born: 15 October 1874 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 6 February 1899 at Meran,
Tyrol
Confirmed: 30 March 1890 at the "Royal Church in the Palace of Coburg"
by Dr. Müller and by Dr. Hausen, the Court Chaplain*
Source: The Times, 31 March 1890
* Prince Alfred was christened according to the Church of
England (Anglican) rite, but was confirmed according to the Lutheran rite.
Princess Marie of Great Britain
May 1891
Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie
Alexandrovna of Russia (later the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Born: 29 October 1875 at Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent; Died: 18 July 1938 at
Pelisor, Sinaia, Roumania
Confirmed: 15 May 1891 in the village church of Oeslau, near Schloss
Rosenau by General-Superintendent Müller*
Source: The Times, 16 May 1891
* Princess Marie was christened according to the Church of
England (Anglican) rite, but was confirmed according to the Lutheran rite. She and her
sister Princess Victoria Melita were confirmed at the same time.
Princess Victoria Melita of Great Britain
May 1891
Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie
Alexandrovna of Russia (later the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Born: 25 November 1876 at the Palace of San Antonio, Malta; Died: 2 March
1936 at Amorbach
Confirmed: 15 May 1891 in the village church of Oeslau, near Schloss
Rosenau by General-Superintendent Müller*
Source: The Times, 16 May 1891
* Princess Victoria Melita was christened according to the Church of England
(Anglican) rite, but was confirmed according to the Lutheran rite. She and her sister
Princess Marie were confirmed at the same time.
Princess Alexandra of Great Britain
Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie
Alexandrovna of Russia (later the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Born: 1 September 1878 at Edinburgh Palace, Coburg; Died: 16 April
1942 at Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg
Confirmed: [information unknown]*
* Princess Alexandra was engaged in September or October 1895
when she was just 17 years old. Her confirmation was presumably held earlier
that year or perhaps the previous year (1894).
Princess Margaret of Great Britain
March 1898
Parents: Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught and Princess
Louise Margaret of Prussia
Born: 15 January 1882 at Bagshot Park, Surrey; Died: 1 May 1920 at
Stockholm, Sweden
Confirmed: 5 March 1898 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Bishop of
Winchester (Clerk of the Closet), assisted by the Dean of
Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the Queen), and the Reverend J.H.J. Ellison (Vicar
of Windsor)*
Source: The Times, 5 March 1898 and The Times, 7 March 1898
* Princess Margaret's confirmation was the "first Royal Confirmation
to take place at Windsor Castle since the death of the Prince Consort [in December 1861],
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg [Queen Victoria's son, Prince Alfred] being the last member of the
Queen's family to be confirmed there [in April 1860]." (The Times, 5
March 1898)
Princess Alice of Great Britain
April 1898
Parents: Prince Leopold of Great Britain, Duke of Albany and Princess Helen
of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born: 25 February 1883 at Windsor Castle; Died: 3 January 1981 at
Kensington Palace
Confirmed: 9 April 1898 at St George's Church, Cannes by the Lord Bishop of
Winchester, assisted by the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar, and the Reverend James
Aitken (Incumbent of St George's, Cannes)*
Source: The Times, 11 April 1898
* St George's Church was erected in the memory of Princess
Alice's father, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Queen Victoria's youngest son who died in
Cannes in 1884. St George's "stands within a few hundred yards of Villa Nevada,
where [the Duke of Albany] died [...]". (The Times, 8 February 1887)
Prince Arthur of Great Britain
May 1899
Parents: Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught and Princess Louise
Margaret of Prussia
Born: 13 January 1883 at Windsor Castle; Died: 12 September 1938 in a
nursing home in Belgrave Square, London
Confirmed: 20 May 1899 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Bishop of
Winchester (Clerk of the Closet to the Queen), assisted by the Dean of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the Queen), and the Reverend J.H.J.
Ellison (Vicar of Windsor)
Source: The Times, 22 May 1899
Prince Charles Edward of Great Britain, Duke of Albany (later the Duke
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
August 1899
Parents: Prince Leopold of Great Britain, Duke of Albany and Princess Helen of
Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born: 19 July 1884 at Claremont House, near Esher, Surrey; Died: 6 March
1954 at Coburg
Confirmed: 4 August 1899 at St George's Chapel, Windsor by the Bishop of
Winchester, assisted by Canon Dalton (Dean of Windsor), and Bishop Barry
Source: The Times, 5 August 1899
Princess Beatrice of Great Britain
Parents: Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess Marie
Alexandrovna of Russia (later the Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Born: 20 April 1884 at Eastwell Park, near Ashford, Kent; Died: 13 July 1966 at Sanlucar
de Barrameda, Spain
Confirmed: [information unknown]
Princess Patricia of Great Britain
1902
Parents: Prince Arthur of Great Britain, Duke of Connaught and Princess
Louise Margaret of Prussia
Born: 17 March 1886 at Buckingham Palace; Died: 12 January 1974 at Ribsden
Holt, Windlesham, Surrey
Confirmed: 23 January 1902 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Bishop of
Winchester (Clerk of the Closet to the King), assisted by the Dean of
Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the King), the Reverend J.H.J. Ellison (Vicar of Windsor),
and the Reverend Clement Smith (Rector of Whippingham)
Source: The Times, 24 January 1902
* Princess Patricia was confirmed at the same time as her cousins
Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. The
confirmation took place on the day after the first anniversary of Queen
Victoria's death.
The Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII)
1910
Parents: King George V and Queen Mary
Born: 23 June 1894 at White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey; Died: 28 May
1972 at his home in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Confirmed: 24 June 1910 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
assisted by the Very Reverend P.F. Eliot (Dean of Windsor), the Reverend Canon
Dalton (Deputy Clerk of the Closet and Domestic Chaplain), and the Reverend Henry
D. Dixon-Wright (Chaplain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, who prepared Prince
Edward for Confirmation)
Source: The Times, 25 June 1910
King George VI
1912
Parents: King George V and Queen Mary
Born: 14 December 1895 at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk; Died: 6 February 1952
at Sandringham House, Norfolk
Confirmed: 18 April 1912 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham by the
Right Reverend Bishop Boyd Carpenter (Clerk of the Closet), assisted by the
Reverend Canon Edgar Sheppard (Sub-Dean of His Majesty's Chapels Royal and
Domestic Chaplain to the King), and the Reverend Arthur Grant (Domestic Chaplain
to the King)
Source: The Times, 19 April 1912
Princess Mary of Great Britain, Princess Royal
1913
Parents: King George V and Queen Mary
Born: 25 April 1897 at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk; Died: 28 March 1965 at
Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire
Confirmed: 16 March 1913 in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Reverend Canon Edgar Sheppard
(Sub-Dean of his Majesty's Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain)
Source: The Times, 17 March 1913
Prince Henry of Great Britain, Duke of Gloucester
September 1916
Parents: King George V and Queen Mary
Born: 31 March 1900 at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk; Died: 10 June 1974 at
Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire
Confirmed: 16 September 1916 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, the
Reverend Canon Dalton, and the Reverend Canon Edgar Sheppard (Domestic Chaplain
to the King)
Source: The Times, 18 September 1916
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
November 1916
Parents: Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and Nina
Cavendish-Bentinck
Born: 4 August 1900 in London; Died: 30 March 2002 at Royal Lodge, Windsor Great Park
Confirmed: 5 November 1916 at St John's Church, Forfar, Scotland*
Source: Our Elizabeth - celebrated by those who know her, Part
Two, p. 16
* St John's Church, which is located in the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld
and Dunblane, is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Parents: John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch and Lady
Margaret Bridgeman
Born: 25 December 1901 at Montagu House, Whitehall, London; Died:
29 October 2004 at Kensington Palace
Confirmed: [information unknown]
Prince George of Great Britain, Duke of Kent
1919
Parents: King George V and Queen Mary
Born: 20 December 1902 at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk; Died: 25 August 1942
at Morven, Scotland
Confirmed: 12 January 1919 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham by
the Archbishop of York, assisted by the Reverend A. Rowland Grant (Domestic
Chaplain to the King), and the Reverend A.H. Bowman
Source: The Times, 13 January 1919
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
Parents: Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia
Born: 30 November (Old Style)/13 December (New Style) 1906 at the Nicholas Palace (Le Petit Palais) in Athens, Greece; Died: 27 August 1968 at Kensington Palace
Confirmed: [information unknown]*
* Princess Marina was christened according to the Greek Orthodox Church rite.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Parents: Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg
Born: 28 May (Old Style)/10 June (New Style) 1921 at Villa "Mon Repos", near
Corfu town, (Isle of) Corfu, Greece
Confirmed: [information unknown]*
* Prince Philip was christened according to the Greek Orthodox Church rite.
HM The Queen
1942
Parents: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Born: 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London
Confirmed: 28 March 1942 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and Canon Stafford
Crawley (Canon of St George's Chapel, Windsor)
Source: The Times, 30 March 1942
Princess Margaret of Great Britain
1946
Parents: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Born: 21 August 1930 at Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland; Died: 9
February 2002 at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London
Confirmed: 15 April 1946 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor
Source: The Times, 16 April 1946
HRH The Duchess of Kent
Parents: Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet and Joyce Brunner
Born: 22 February 1933 at Hovingham Hall, York
Confirmed: [information unknown] *
* The Duchess of Kent was christened according to the Church of
England (Anglican) rite. She was later received in the Roman Catholic
Church on 14 January 1994. Her husband, children and their spouses were present at the ceremony
officiated by Basil Cardinal Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, in the private chapel of Cathedral Clergy
House. (Riddell:262 and 274)
HRH Princess Alexandra of Great Britain
1951
Parents: Prince George of Great Britain, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece
Born: 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London
Confirmed: 16 July 1951 in All Saints' Chapel, near Royal Lodge,
Windsor Great Park by the Bishop of Oxford, assisted by Canon Duncan Armytage, and the Reverend Peter Gillingham*
Source: James:40-41; The Times, 17 July 1951
* Princess Alexandra's confirmation was planned for 18 June 1951
in the Chapel at Heathfield School, Ascot where she was a student. However, she
fell ill with German measles, and
the confirmation was postponed. (The Times, 19 June 1951) Princess Alexandra was "later confirmed privately at
Windsor in front of family and only four Heathfield friends." (The Times,
17 July 1951)
HRH The Duke of Kent
1952
Parents: Prince George of Great Britain, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece
Born: 9 October 1935 at 3 Belgrave Square, London
Confirmed: 31 March 1952 in All Saints' Chapel, near Royal Lodge,
Windsor Great Park by the Dean of Windsor, assisted by Reverend Peter Gillingham
Source: The Times, 1 April 1952
Prince William of Great Britain
March 1958
Parents: Prince Henry of Great Britain, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice
Montagu-Douglas Scott
Born: 18 December 1941 at the Carnarvon Nursing Home, Barnet,
Hertfordshire; Died: 28 August 1972 at Halfpenny Green Airport, near
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Confirmed: 22 March 1958 at the Eton College Chapel by the Bishop of Oxford*
Source: The Times, 24 March 1958
* Prince William was confirmed at the same time as his cousin
Prince Michael of Kent.
HRH Prince Michael of Great Britain
March 1958
Parents: Prince George of Great Britain, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece
Born: 4 July 1942 at Coppins, Iver, Buckinghamshire
Confirmed: 22 March 1958 at the Eton College Chapel by the Bishop of Oxford*
Source: The Times, 24 March 1958
* Prince Michael was confirmed at the same time as his
cousin Prince William of Gloucester.
HRH The Duke of Gloucester
Parents: Prince Henry of Great Britain, Duke of Gloucester and Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Born: 26 August 1944 at St Matthew's Nursing Home, Northampton
Confirmed: [information unknown]
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
Parents: Asger Henriksen and Vivian van Deurs
Born: 20 June 1946 at Odense, Denmark
Confirmed: [information unknown]
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
Parents: Major Bruce Shand and Honourable Rosalind Cubitt
Born: 17 July 1947 at King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London
Confirmed: [information unknown]
HRH The Prince of Wales
1965
Parents: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II
Born: 14 November 1948 at Buckingham Palace
Confirmed: 13 April 1965 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor
Source: The Times, 14 April 1965
HRH The Princess Royal
1966
Parents: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II
Born: 15 August 1950 at Clarence House, London
Confirmed: 5 April 1966 in the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor, and Reverend the
Honourable Andrew Elphinstone*
Source: The Times, 6 April 1966
* Reverend Elphinstone was the cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and
one of Princess Anne's
godparents.
Diana, Princess of Wales
March 1976
Parents: John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer and
Honourable Frances Burke Roche
Born: 1 July 1961 at Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk;
Died: 31 August 1997 at Paris, France
Confirmed: 12 March 1976 at St Mary's Church, Kippington near Sevenoaks,
Kent by the Bishop of Rochester*
Source: Junor:80
* Diana was confirmed while a student at West Heath School.
HRH The Duke of York
April 1976
Parents: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II
Born: 19 February 1960 at Buckingham Palace
Confirmed: 13 April 1976 in St George's Chapel, Windsor by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, assisted by the Dean of Windsor*
Source: The Times, 14 April 1976
* Prince Andrew was confirmed at the same time as his cousin David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley.
HRH The Earl of Wessex
1978
Parents: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II
Born: 10 March 1964 at Buckingham Palace
Confirmed: 5 April 1978 in St George's Chapel, Windsor by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
assisted by the Dean of Windsor*
Source: The Times, 6 April 1978
* Prince Edward was confirmed at the same time as his cousins
Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Lady Helen Windsor, and James Ogilvy.
HRH Prince William of Great Britain
1997
Parents: Prince Charles of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
Born: 21 June 1982 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington
Confirmed: 9 March 1997 at St George's Chapel, Windsor by the Right
Reverend Richard Chartres, Bishop of London and Dean of the Chapels Royal, assisted by
the Right Reverend Patrick Mitchell, Dean of Windsor
Source: The Daily Telegraph, 10 March 1997; The Times, 10
March 1997; Majesty, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 1997, pp 4-5
HRH Prince Henry (Harry) of Great Britain
2000
Parents: Prince Charles of Great Britain, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
Born: 15 September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington
Confirmed: 19 March 2000 at the Eton College Chapel by the Right
Reverend Robert Hardy, Bishop of Lincoln*
Source: The Times, 20 March 2000; Majesty, Vol. 21, No. 5, May
2000, pp 8-9
* Prince Harry was confirmed at the same time as 29 other Eton students.
HRH Princess Beatrice of Great Britain
June 2005
Parents: Prince Andrew of Great Britain, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson
Born: 8 August 1988 at Portland Hospital, London
Confirmed: 5 June 2005 at All Saints' Chapel, near Royal Lodge, Windsor
Great Park by
the Right Reverend David Conner, Dean of Windsor
Source:
HRH Princess Eugenie of Great Britain
June 2005
Parents: Prince Andrew of Great Britain, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson
Born: 23 March 1990 at Portland Hospital, London
Confirmed: 5 June 2005 at All Saints' Chapel, near Royal Lodge, Windsor
Great Park by the
Right Reverend David Conner, Dean of Windsor
Source:
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