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EARLY LIFE Cecilia's exact date of birth is not known, although it is around 1785 . Her father was Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran (1734-1809) and her mother was Elizabeth Underwood . She was styled ''Lady Cecila Gore'' at birth, the courtesy title of a daughter of an Earl . MARRIAGES Cecila's first marriage was to George Buggin , in 1815 . The marriage produced no children and George died on 12 April 1825 . She later married Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke Of Sussex , the sixth son of King George III at Great Cumberland Place, London. The Duke of Sussex had already married Lady Augusta Murray in 1793 , but the marriage was annulled in 1794 as it contravened the Royal Marriages Act 1772 which required that all members of the British Royal Family seek permission of the sovereign before marriage. However the Duke of Sussex's second marriage was also contravened the Act, making it legally void. DUCHESS OF INVERNESS As the marriage was not considered legal in the UK, Cecila could not take on the style of ''Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex''. Instead she assumed the name "Underwood", her mother's maiden name, by Royal Licence and was known as Lady Cecila Underwood. The couple resided at the Duke's apartments in Kensington Palace. However Cecila was not accepted as a full member of the British Royal Family. The Duke of Sussex's mother, Queen Charlotte disproved of the marriage and refused to receive Cecila at court. Also, strict royal protocol restricted Cecila at any functions attended by other members of the Royal Family, as she was unable to take a seat beside her husband due to her low rank. To compensate for this, in 1840 Queen Victoria created her Duchess Of Inverness in her own right. This recognised her husband's subsidiary title of Earl Of Inverness . The Duke of Sussex died at Kensington Palace and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery . The Duchess of Inverness continued to reside at Kensington Palace until her death in 1873. She was buried next to her second husband. TITLES
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