Second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, born Aug. 26,1819, an accomplished man with a handsome presence, who became the consort of Queen Victoria in 1840, and from his prudence and tact was held in the highest honour by the whole community, but died at Windsor of typhoid fever, Dec. 14,1861, to the unspeakable sorrow of both Queen and country.