Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster

Major Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
Born	Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor (1974-10-24) 24 October 1974 St Mary's Hospital, London, England
Other names	Alex Ulster
🎓 Alma mater	King's College London
💼 Occupation
👩 Spouse(s)	Claire Booth (m. 2002)
👶 Children	2
👴 👵 Parent(s)	Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen
👪 Relatives	House of Windsor

Alexander Patrick Gregers Richard Windsor, Earl of Ulster (born 24 October 1974) is the only son of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester.

As heir apparent to the dukedom of Gloucester, he is accorded the courtesy title Earl of Ulster, but is commonly known as Alex Ulster.

24 October 1974 The Right Honorable The Earl of Ulster or Lord Ulster

Early life

He was born on 24 October 1974 at St Mary's Hospital, London, the eldest child and only son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. He is currently 31st in the line of succession to the British throne.

Education and career

Educated at Eton College, he went to King's College London where he read War Studies, graduating in 1996 as BA (University of London), before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Ulster was commissioned in the King's Royal Hussars on 10 April 1998 as a subaltern (second lieutenant) with seniority from 14 April 1995; he was given the service number 548299. He was promoted to lieutenant on 10 April 1998 with seniority from 14 April 1997, and to the rank of captain on 16 October 2000. He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Kosovo in 2002, as well as Iraq. On 14 January 2003, he transferred from a Short Service Commission to an Intermediate Regular Commission. On 28 April 2008, he was appointed to the Reserve of Officers, signalling his retirement from the British Army with the rank of acting major.

Since leaving the Army, he has worked in non-governmental organisation roles, and is a director of Transnational Crisis Project.

Marriage

Ulster married Claire Alexandra Booth (born 29 December 1977), a physician, on 22 June 2002 at the Queen's Chapel, St. James's Palace. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Booth gained medical degrees from King's College, London in 2001, and an MSc in 2007 from University College, London, before taking a PhD (London) in 2012. She is Professor of Gene Therapy and Paediatric Immunology at University College London's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.

Lord and Lady Ulster have two children:

• Xan Richard Anders Windsor, Lord Culloden (born 12 March 2007).
• Lady Cosima Rose Alexandra Windsor (born 20 May 2010).

Honours

• – General Service Medal
• – NATO Kosovo Medal
• – Iraq Medal
• – 6 February 2002: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
• – 6 February 2012: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
• – 6 February 2022 Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

References

Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster
Lines of succession
Preceded by The Duke of Gloucester	Succession to the British throne Earl of Ulster grandson of Henry great-grandson of George V	Followed by Lord Culloden
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Duke of Fife	Gentlemen Earl of Ulster	Succeeded by Earl of St Andrews

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