Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter and in base: "Barry or and azure, on a chief of the first two pallets between two base esquires of the second over all an inescutcheon argent" (Mortimer). Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter aka Anne Plantagenet (10 August 1439 – 14 January 1476) was the first child of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville. She was thus the eldest sister of kings Edward IV (1461–1483) and Richard III (1483–1485); and of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk, Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy and of George Plantagenet, 1st
SS Duchess of York (1928) SS Duchess of York (1928) SS "Duchess of York" was a 20,021 ton ocean liner operated by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. Built in 1928 in Clydebank by the shipbuilders John Brown & Company, she was originally intended to be named "Duchess of Cornwall". However agreement was reached with Red Funnel company to swap names with the latter's paddle steamer "Duchess of York", launched in 1896. She was sunk in 1943 off Spain after being damaged by long range German bombers. "Duchess of York" was one of the several sturdy Canadian Pacific liners which were known as the "Drunken Duchesses"