A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Albert Victor Christian Edward
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ALBERT VICTOR CHRISTIAN EDWARD, DUKE of CLARENCE and AVONDALE, and EARL of ATHLONE.
1864—1892.
This ever-to-be-lamented prince, heir prospective to the throne, whose unfortunate death occurred the 14 Jan. 1892, was admitted to the Inn 10 June, 1885, and called to the Bar and to the Bench the same day, in accordance with the precedent of his royal father, now his Majesty King Edward VII., then Prince of Wales, who was admitted, called and elected to the Bench, 31 Oct. 1861. He was born at Frogmore, 8 Jan. 1864, and baptized 10 March following in Buckingham Palace chapel. At the time of his admission he was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he entered Oct. 1883. He was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 20 Jan. 1892.