| Authorised form of name | Frederick Louis (1707 - 1751); Prince of Wales |
| Other forms of surname | D'Este-Guelph |
| Dates | 1707 - 1751 |
| Nationality | German |
| Place of birth | Hanover, Germany |
| Date of birth | 06 January 1707 |
| Place of death | Leicester House, Leicester Fields, London |
| Date of death | 20 March 1751 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster, London |
| Activity | Career:
Quarrelled with his father and most of his family
Initiated and passed as a Mason, 5 November 1737, at Occasional Lodge at Kew Palace under the Mastership of teh Reverend Dr John Theophilus Desaguliers, PGM, PGL, his Domestic Chaplain from c.1727. Raised at meeting soon afterwards by Dr Desaguliers. Member, Lode at the Horn, No 3. took no active part in Freemasonry, nor received Grand Rank.
Honours:
Duke of Gloucester (1717); KG (1718); Duke of Edinburgh (1727); Prince of Wales (1729) |
| Membership category | Royal Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/12/1728 |
| Relationships | Son of George II and Queen Caroline; father of George III; intended to marry Lady Diana Spencer, granddaughter of the Duke of Marlborough, but was prevented; married Augusta, daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Gotha |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
Two sections of address deliberately obscured. Proposed by Sir Hans Sloane
Petition from Royal Society welcoming the Prince and his safe arrival in England in British Library, MS Sloane 4026 f316 |
| Code | NA8415 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/001556 | Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales | nd |
| M/223 | Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales | |
| DM/2/116 | Extracts from minutes of meetings of the Royal Society re election of the Prince of Wales to the Fellowship of the Royal Society | c.1784 |