Royal House of Windsor

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Insc.: Royal Library Windsor Castle

H.M. Queen Elizabeth II

Insc.: Elizabeth

Notes: This bookplate was used by H.M. while still Princess Elizabeth, before acceding to the throne in 1952.

H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Insc.: Elizabeth R

Notes: Born Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Eral of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Viscount Lyon and Baron Glamis. In 1932 she married H.R.H. the Duke of York, who in 1936 acceded to the throne as George VI.

Bibliogr.: Francisco Simas Alves de Azevedo, «Belos e interessantes ex-libis régios e principescos», in Boletim da Academia Portuguesa de Ex-Libris, # 20, Lisboa, 1962, p. 7

H.R.H. Princess Margaret

Insc.: Margaret

Bibliogr.: Francisco Simas Alves de Azevedo, «Belos e interessantes ex-libis régios e principescos», in Boletim da Academia Portuguesa de Ex-Libris, # 20, Lisboa, 1962, p.8-9

H.M. Queen Mary (1867-1953)

Notes: H.M. born Princess May of Teck, married in 1893 the future King George V (1865 - 1910 - 1936). She was the daughter of Francis, Duke of Teck and of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, grand-daughter of George III, King of Great Britain

Bibliogr.: Francisco Simas Alves de Azevedo, «Belos e interessantes ex-libis régios e principescos», in Boletim da Academia Portuguesa de Ex-Libris, # 20, Lisboa, 1962, p. 6 -7

Royal House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha

H.M. King Edward VII (1841 - 1901 - 1910)

Insc.:Royal Library Windsor Castle

Bibliogr.: Francisco Simas Alves de Azevedo, «Belos e interessantes ex-libis régios e principescos», in Boletim da Academia Portuguesa de Ex-Libris, # 20, Lisboa, 1962, p. 7

Royal House of Hanover

Name: H.R.H. Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Count of Inverness and Baron Arklow, K.G. (1773-1843)

Insc.: Anonymous

Bibliography: for the British Royal Houses, see Plantagenet Somerset Fry, «The Kings & Queens of England & Scotland», Dorling Kindersley, London, 1990; «Debrett's Peerage Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage», London, 1904