British Royalty. He was born at what is now known as Buckingham Palace in London, the sixth son and ninth child of King George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by his Queen Consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The young prince was privately educated and attended the University of Göttingen in Germany. Suffering from asthma, he was deemed ineligible for a military career. He was secretly married in Rome to Lady Augusta Murray, a daughter of the fourth Earl of Dunmore on April 4, 1793 and a second time at Saint George's, Hanover Square (Westminster, London) on December 5, 1793. The marriage was subsequently annulled as it violated the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 and had not been approved by the king. Nevertheless, they continued to cohabitate and had two children. They separated in 1801 and the prince received an allowance of 12,000 pounds a year. Lady Augusta received 4,000 pounds annually for the maintenance of their two children, who remained in her custody, and was granted permission to assume the surname de Ameland. His father, King George III, created him Duke of Sussex, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Arklow on November 24, 1801 and he was invested as a Knight of the Garter on June 2, 1786. It is perhaps a testimony of his view of the validity of his marriage to Lady Augusta that he did not remarry until after her death. He was married on May 2, 1831 to Lady Cecilia Letitia Buggin, the widow of Sir George Buggin and daughter of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran, once again in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act of 1772. Lady Cecilia was permitted to assume her mother's maiden name of Underwood as her surname and although not officially recognized as the wife of the Duke, she would later be granted the title Duchess of Inverness by his niece, Queen Victoria, in 1840. The Duke of Sussex served as president of the Royal Society of Arts (1816 to 1843); President of the Royal Society (1830 to 1838); and Governor of Windsor Castle. He was Queen Victoria's favorite uncle and gave her away at her wedding to Prince Albert.