Friday, September 27, 2013

Royal Baptism: Prince George of Cambridge

Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to announce the christening of Prince George will take place on Wednesday, 23rd October at The Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace.
 
Prince George will be christened by The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby.

Here is a list of other royal baptisms:

Queen Victoria: Cupola Room at Kensington Palace.  June 24, 1819

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge at Cambridge House, Hanover, January 9, 1834 (mother of Queen Mary, consort of George V)

Princess Victoria: Throne Room, Buckingham Palace February 10, 1841
Edward VII: St. George's Chapel, Windsor. January 25, 1842
Princess Alice: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, June 2, 1843
Prince Alfred: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, September 6, 1844
Princess Helena: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, July 25 1846
Princess Louise, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, May 13, 1848
Prince Arthur, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, June 22, 1850
Prince Leopold. Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, June 28, 1853
Princess Beatrice, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, June 16, 1857

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, March 10, 1864

King George V: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle: July 7, 1865
Queen Mary: Private Chapel, Kensington Palace, July 27, 1867

Princess Louise: Marlborough House, May 10, 1867
Princess Victoria: Marlborough House, August 6, 1868
Princess Maud: Marlborough House, December 24, 1869

Edward VIII: White Lodge, Richmond Park, July 16, 1894
George VI: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, February 10, 1896
Princess Mary: St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, June 7, 1897
Prince Henry: Private Chapel Windsor Castle, May 17, 1900
Prince George: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, January 26, 1903
Prince John:  St Mary Magdalene Church, August 3, 1905

Queen Elizabeth II: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, May 29, 1926
Princess Margaret: Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, October 30, 1930

Duke of Kent, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, November 20, 1935
Princess Alexandra, Private Chapel, Buckingham Palace, February 9, 1937
Prince Michael of Kent. Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, August 4, 1942


Prince William of Gloucester: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, February 22, 1942
Duke of Gloucester: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, October 20, 1944

The Prince of Wales: Music Room, Buckingham Palace, December 15, 1948
Princess Anne: Music Room, October 21, 1950
Prince Andrew: Music Room, April 8, 1960
Prince Edward: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, May 2, 1964

Duke of Cambridge: Music Room, August 4, 1982
Prince Harry: St. George's Chapel, Windsor, December 21, 1984

Princess Beatrice: Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, December 20, 1988

Princess Eugenie: St. Mary Magdalene, Sandringham, December 23, 1990

Lady Louise Windsor: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, April 24, 2004

Viscount Severn: Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, April 19, 2008

I think the most unique place for a royal baptism:  Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, youngest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred) was baptized on May 17, 1884 in the library of the family home, Eastwell House, in Kent.

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