The Earl of Sussex He survived unscathed through the various reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary Tudor and, despite his role in Elizabeth 's interrogation in the Tower, goes on to become one ...

The first Duke of Sussex was Prince Augustus Frederick, the sixth son of King George III. He died in 1843, when the title became extinct. The eccentric royal’s two marriages were deemed illegal ...

The history behind the Sussex dukedom is less scandalous, but not without controversy. There was only one previous Duke of Sussex, Prince Augustus Frederick, the ninth child of King George III ...