The arms are those of August Frederick, Duke of Sussex, sixth son of George III, who was born in 1773. Like his brothers, Queen Victoria's 'wicked uncles,' the Duke was cursed throughout his life with a lack of any real role to play in public life, and a chronic shortage of money. Unlike his siblings, however, he found an outlet to his energies in literary pursuits and in politics. He was a strong a consistent liberal. He married secretly in Rome in 1793 Augusta, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore. The marriage, while solemnized by an Anglican priest, was declared invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772. Nevertheless, the Duke had two children by her, but by 1802 they appear to have separated. It was not until 1831 that he appears to have orchestrated a similar type of secret marriage ceremony with Cecilia, widow of Sir George Buggin, a solicitor. She was subsequently created Duchess of Inverness. The perennial problem facing the government was what to do with the royal Dukes, and Sussex proved no exception. Although heavily into debt and out of health, it was attempted to make him Governor of Jamaica in 1806. By 1808, he was so much in debt that his carriage was stopped by Bow Street officers. Greville in his Memoirs, remarks "he seems to have been a kind-hearted man and was beloved by his household." (Vol. V, p. 60). He was a close friend of the Whig magnate, "Coke of Norfolk," later known as the first Earl of Leicester, and was godfather to his son. "Throughout his childhood the old Duke always kept him supplied with presents of toys, and one of his earliest recollections was seeing the Duke puff at a long German pipe, and enveloped in a cloud of smoke which it was almost impossible for any eye to penetrate. Badly as the Duke treated his first wife, lady Augusta Murray, he could be a genial guest and affectionate friend. he used to stay at Holkham for a couple of months in the winter and was like one of the family, save that he was a great stickler for etiquette. The ladies had to wear gloves in his presence; and the Duke and the celebrated Lord Althorp were the only two guests who ever smoked at Holkham." (A.M.W. Stirling, Life's Little Day, p. 264, cit. Complete Peerage.) The Duke died in 1843 and in the year following a series of sales were held at Christie ' s to dispose of his collections in an attempt to discharge his debts. One sale was devoted entirely to his collection of exotic pipes.