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[[File:Royal Visit Dundurn Castle Balcony crop 3.JPG|thumb|[[Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]] at [[Dundurn Castle]]]]
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[[Image:King George VI of England, formal photo portrait, circa 1940-1946.jpg|thumb|King George VI.]]
Below is a list of royal visitors to [[Hamilton, Ontario]]: <ref name=Bank>{{cite web| title = Fast Facts from Hamilton's Past| url=http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/Localhistory/Fast+Facts.htm| accessdate = 25 January 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070929083215/http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/Localhistory/Fast+Facts.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 September 2007}}</ref>
[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], the tenth-largest city in Canada, has hosted visits by the [[Canadian royal family]] since the 19th century.<ref name=Bank>{{cite web|title=Fast Facts from Hamilton's Past |url=http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/Localhistory/Fast+Facts.htm |access-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083215/http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/LibraryServices/Localhistory/Fast%2BFacts.htm |archive-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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! # || Year || Royal visitors || Notes
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| <center>(1) || <center>1860 || Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales || Later became [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]]; opens Gore Park (town centre) and the Crystal Palace.<ref name=HAMBIO1>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791–1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}}</ref>
| {{center|1860}} || Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales || Later became [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VII]]; opens Gore Park (town centre) and the Crystal Palace.<ref name=HAMBIO1>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791–1875)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1981}}</ref>
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| <center>(2) || <center>1869 || [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] || *
| {{center|1869}} || [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] || *
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| <center>(3) || <center>1883 || Prince George of Wales || Later became [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]].<ref name=HAMBIO2>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876–1924)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1991}}</ref>
| {{center|1883}} || Prince George of Wales || Later became [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]].<ref name=HAMBIO2>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876–1924)|first=Thomas Melville |last=Bailey|publisher=W.L. Griffin Ltd|year=1991}}</ref>
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| <center>(4) || <center>1901 || The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York || Later become King George V and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]].
| {{center|1901}} || The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York || Later become King George V and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]].
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| <center>(7) || <center>1919 || Prince Edward, Prince of Wales || Later became [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VIII]] and abdicated.
| {{center|1919}} || Prince Edward, Prince of Wales || Later became [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VIII]] and abdicated.
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| <center>(8) || <center>1927 || Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|Prince George]] || *
| {{center|1927}} || Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and [[Prince George, Duke of Kent|Prince George]] || *
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| <center>(9) || <center>1939 || [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] and [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] || Opened up the [[QEW]] expressway in Hamilton.<ref name=MEMPROJ6>{{cite press release| title =The Hamilton Memory Project;| publisher =The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page MP6| date = 10 June 2006| accessdate = 25 January 2008}}</ref>
| {{center|1939}} || [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] || Opened the [[Queen Elizabeth Way]] in Hamilton.<ref name=MEMPROJ6>{{cite press release| title =The Hamilton Memory Project;| publisher =The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page MP6| date = 10 June 2006}}</ref>
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| <center>(10) || <center>1941 || Prince George, Duke of Kent || 2nd visit to Hamilton.
| {{center|1941}} || Prince George, Duke of Kent || 2nd visit to Hamilton.
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| <center>(11) || <center>1951 || Princess Elizabeth || Later became [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].
| {{center|1951}} || Princess Elizabeth || Later became [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]].
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| <center>(12) || <center>1958 || [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] || *
| {{center|1958}} || [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon|Princess Margaret]] || *
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| <center>(13) || <center>1959 || Queen Elizabeth II || 2nd visit to Hamilton.
| {{center|1959}} || Queen Elizabeth II || 2nd visit to Hamilton.
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| <center>(14) || <center>1974 || [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] || *
| {{center|1974}} || [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] || *
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| <center>(15) || <center>1980 || [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] || Helps open the [[Hamilton Library (Ontario)|Hamilton Public Library]].
| {{center|1980}} || [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] || Helps open the [[Hamilton Library (Ontario)|Hamilton Public Library]].
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| <center>(16) || <center>1988 || [[Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] || *
| {{center|1988}}|| Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon || *
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| {{center|1996}}|| [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]]|| Visits the [[Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]].
| <center>(17) || <center>1988 || Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon || *
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| {{center|2002}}|| Queen Elizabeth II || 3rd visit to Hamilton; presents colours to [[The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)]] at [[Copps Coliseum]]
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| <center>(18) || <center>1996 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]] || Visits the [[Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]].
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| {{center|2009}}|| [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]]|| Visit to [[Dundurn Castle]] and [[HMCS Haida (G63)|HMCS ''Haida'']].<ref name="Dundurn">{{cite web| title = Royals charm crowd with walkabout| url=http://thespec.com/article/667107| access-date = 8 November 2009}} {{dead link|date=June 2021}}</ref>
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| <center>(19) || <center>2002 || Queen Elizabeth II || 3rd visit to Hamilton; presents colours to [[The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)]] at [[Copps Coliseum]]
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| {{center|2012}}|| Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex || [[Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum]] and John Weir Foote Armoury.
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| <center>(20) || <center>2009 || [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles, Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]] || Visit to [[Dundurn Castle]] and [[HMCS Haida (G63)|HMCS ''Haida'']].<ref name=Dundurn>{{cite web| title = Royals charm crowd with walkabout| url=http://thespec.com/article/667107| accessdate = 8 November 2009}}</ref>

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[[Category:History of Hamilton, Ontario]]
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Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at Dundurn Castle

Hamilton, the tenth-largest city in Canada, has hosted visits by the Canadian royal family since the 19th century.[1]

Year Royal visitors Notes
1860
 Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Later became King Edward VII; opens Gore Park (town centre) and the Crystal Palace.[2]
1869
 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn *
1883
 Prince George of Wales Later became King George V.[3]
1901
 The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York Later become King George V and Queen Mary.
1919
 Prince Edward, Prince of Wales Later became King Edward VIII and abdicated.
1927
 Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, and Prince George *
1939
 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Opened the Queen Elizabeth Way in Hamilton.[4]
1941
 Prince George, Duke of Kent 2nd visit to Hamilton.
1951
 Princess Elizabeth Later became Queen Elizabeth II.
1958
 Princess Margaret *
1959
 Queen Elizabeth II 2nd visit to Hamilton.
1974
 Princess Anne *
1980
 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Helps open the Hamilton Public Library.
1988
 Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon *
1996
 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales Visits the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
2002
 Queen Elizabeth II 3rd visit to Hamilton; presents colours to The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) at Copps Coliseum
2009
 Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Visit to Dundurn Castle and HMCS Haida.[5]
2012
 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie, Countess of Wessex Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and John Weir Foote Armoury.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fast Facts from Hamilton's Past". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2008.
  2. ^ Bailey, Thomas Melville (1981). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol I, 1791–1875). W.L. Griffin Ltd.
  3. ^ Bailey, Thomas Melville (1991). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876–1924). W.L. Griffin Ltd.
  4. ^ "The Hamilton Memory Project;" (Press release). The Hamilton Spectator- Souvenir Edition page MP6. 10 June 2006.
  5. ^ "Royals charm crowd with walkabout". Retrieved 8 November 2009. [dead link]
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