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Authorised form of namePhilip (1921 - 2021); Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II
Other forms of namePrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Dates1921 - 2021
Date of birth10 June 1921
Date of death9 April 2021
ActivityHonours:
KG 1947; Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Duke of Edinburgh 1947; GBE ; KT 1952; Prince 1957; OM 1968
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election03/05/1951
Age at election29
SourceReferences:
D C M, 'The Inauguration of the International Geophysical Year' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 160-162
Anon, 'The Royal Society Antarctic Expedition' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 137-138, plate
Notes:
Listed in Year Book as a Royal Fellow and signed a Royal page of the Charter Book but elected as a Statute 12. Find out date of GBE and check that became Prince in 1957 rather than 1959.
CodeNA4280
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1951/30Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II: certificate of election to the Royal Society3 May 1951
PB/1/33/3/2Companion of Honour1965
WF/691Grant application from the Duke of Edinburgh Royal Regiment to the Wolfson Foundation20 February 1980
IM/GA/Baron/403Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II1950
IM/GA/WS/4Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth IINov 1952
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