This is a list of the titles and honours held by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a senior officer of the British Army, Governor General of Canada, and member of the British royal family as third son of Queen Victoria. Name On 22 June 1850 Prince Arthur was baptised in the Chapel at Buckingham Palace with the Christian names Arthur William Patrick Albert. As a member of the Royal Family, he had no surname until 17 July 1917, when a Royal Proclamation of King George V declared that all British descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria would bear the name of Windsor. Titles, styles and honours Titles and styles 1 May 1850 – 24 May 1874: His Royal Highness The Prince Arthur 24 May 1874 – 16 January 1942: His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn As a son of the sovereign, Arthur had the title of Prince and the style of Royal Highness from birth. The princely title had been used for sons of the sovereign since Tudor times and was formalised by letters patent of 30 November 1917, while the style of Royal Highness had been used since the Restoration and was confirmed by letters patent of 3 February 1864. Through his father, Prince Albert, he also bore the titles Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duke of Saxony until 17 July 1917, when King George V discontinued the use of German titles. On 24 May 1874, Prince Arthur was created Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As a duke of the Blood Royal, he had the formal style of Most High, Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Earl of Sussex. Orders, decorations and medals (ribbon bar, as it would look today; British decorations only) British KG: Royal Knight of the Garter, 31 May 1867 KT: Extra Knight of the Thistle, 24 May 1869 KP: Knight of St. Patrick, 30 March 1869 GCMG: Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George, 16 April 1870 GCSI: Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, 1 January 1877 CB: Companion of the Bath (military), 17 November 18827 July 1890 KCB: Knight Commander of the Bath (military), 8 July 189020 May 1898 GCB: Knight Grand Cross of the Bath (military), 21 May 189825 February