Earl of Salisbury later by Richard Neville "the Kingmaker", upon whose death the title went into abeyance because multiple individuals were entitled to inherit it. Then, in 1472, it was granted to George, Duke of Clarence, who was married to Warwick's eldest daughter. When the Duke of Clarence was executed in 1478 for treason (supposedly by being drowned in a vat of Malmsey wine), the title was forfeit. It was then granted to Edward of Middleham (who was his nephew via the Duke's brother Richard), who died in 1484 at the age of 11. It was restored to two of George of Clarence's
TSS Duke of Clarence in 1930. "Duke of Clarence" was long, with a beam of and a depth of . As built, she was . She was later listed in Lloyd's Register as , . A pair of Laird Brothers three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines, each of which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke, connected to twin screws provided her propulsion. The engines gave "Duke of Clarence" a top speed of . Ordered by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR), "Duke of Clarence" was built at Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, as the first of seven ships that they delivered between 1892 and 1909. It