Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

British prince, son of Queen Victoria (1850–1942)

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served as Governor General of Canada, the tenth since Canadian Confederation and the only British prince to…