William Frederick (Silly Billy), Prince, 2d Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
1776–1834
Army officer. Great-grandson of King George II. Field marshall, 1816. Chancellor of Cambridge University, 1811–34. FRS 1797.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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