| Authorised form of name | Alfred Ernest Albert (1844 - 1900); Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Dates | 1844 - 1900 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England |
| Date of birth | 06 August 1844 |
| Place of death | Rosenau, near Coburg, Germany |
| Date of death | 30/07/1900 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Mausoleum, Coburg cemetery |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy; Lieutenant (1863); Captain (1866); Rear Admiral (1878); Commander in Chief, Mediterranean (1886-1889); Admiral (1887); died of cardiac paralysis
Honours:
KG 1863; KT 1864; Duke of Edinburgh 1866; GCMG 1869; GCSI 1870; KP 1880; GCB 1889; GCIE 1887; GCVO
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| Membership category | Royal Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1882 |
| Relationships | Second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; succeeded Prince Albert's brother (his uncle) as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and relinquished his privileges as an English peer (1893); married (23 January 1874, St Petersburg) Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, daughter of Tsar Alexander II |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 10 January 1874 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/33411163 |
| Code | NA8336 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/11/338 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to the Superintendent, Vine Street | 7 June 1895 |
| NLB/11/343 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Joseph Norman Lockyer | 7 June 1895 |
| NLB/11/333 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Joseph Norman Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 June 1895 |
| NLB/11/334 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Dukinfield Henry Scott, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 June 1895 |
| NLB/14/879 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to G F Bambridge | 31 May 1897 |
| NLB/14/679 | Copy letter from Joseph Lister, to G F Bambridge | 27 April 1897 |
| MC/12/240 | Letter from W J Colville [?], Clarence House, St James's, to W [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society | 20 March 1882 |
| NLB/11/311 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to G F Bambridge, Clarence House, St James's | 31 May 1895 |
| NLB/11/312 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Michael Foster | 31 May 1895 |
| PT/65/4/3 | Plate, side and back views of skull of Ptychognathus alfredi by [Joseph] Dinkel | [1862] |
| PT/65/4/5 | Plate, 'Dicynodon tigriceps - pelvis' by unknown artist | [1862] |
| PT/65/4/6 | Plate, 'Dicynodon tigriceps, pelvis' by unknown artist | [1862] |
| PT/65/4/4 | Plate, skulls of Ptychognathus latirostris and Ptychognathus declivis by unknown artist | [1862] |
| PT/65/4/2 | Plate, side and upper views of skull of Ptychognathus alfredi by [Joseph] Dinkel | [1862] |
| PT/65/4/1 | Manuscript, 'On the Dicynodont reptilia, with a description of some fossil remains, brought by H R H [His Royal Highness] Prince Alfred from South Africa, November, 1860' by Professor [Richard] Owen | [1862] |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| PT/65/4 | Paper, 'On the Dicynodont reptilia, with a description of some fossil remains, brought by H R H [His Royal Highness] Prince Alfred from South Africa, November, 1860' by Professor [Richard] Owen | [1862] |