History of the English line of succession of succession was governed by the Third Succession Act: Upon Henry's death, the throne passed to Henry's son, who became Edward VI. On the day of Edward VI's death, 6 July 1553, the line of succession to the English throne was as follows according to the will of Henry VIII, which excluded the descendants of his elder sister, Margaret, Queen of Scotland (note: Henry VIII's will was signed with a dry stamp rather than his hand, a technicality that eventually allowed the Stuarts to succeed): Edward VI left a Device for the Succession, in an attempt to remove the peculiarity
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn Charlesbourg, Lower Canada. Recently he has been styled the "Father of the Canadian Crown" for his impact on the development of Canada. Prince Edward was born on 2 November 1767. His parents were the reigning British monarch, George III, and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As a son of the British monarch, he was styled "His Royal Highness" The Prince Edward from birth, and was fourth in the line of succession to the throne. He was named after his paternal uncle, the Duke of York and Albany, who had died several weeks earlier and was buried at Westminster Abbey the day before