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Field Marshal HRH Frederick (1763–1827), Duke of York and Albany, KG, GCB, Bishop of Osnaburgh

Image credit: Museum of Freemasonry

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Frederick Augustus (1763–1827), Duke of York, became a Freemason in 1787 and was given the honorary title of Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, one of two governing bodies of Freemasonry in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The Duke of York’s father, George III, had the power to appoint the Bishop of Osnaburgh (now Osnabrück) in Lower Saxony, Germany. He elected his son when he was only six months old. The initials that follow his name in the title of this painting relate to his membership of the chivalric Order of the Garter (KG) and Order of the Bath (GCB). In this portrait he is wearing the breast star for the Order of the Garter. Today he is remembered in the nursery rhyme 'The Grand Old Duke of York'.

Museum of Freemasonry

London

Title

Field Marshal HRH Frederick (1763–1827), Duke of York and Albany, KG, GCB, Bishop of Osnaburgh

Date

c.1815

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

PCF2010.74

Acquisition method

presented by Brother Howard Paget to the United Grand Lodge of England, 1936

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

None

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Museum of Freemasonry

Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London, Greater London WC2B 5AZ England

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