Description: The University College was opened by HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert of Great Britain and Ireland. He was the hemophiliac son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was born in Buckingham Palace on the 7 April 1853. He was created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence and Baron Arklow on 24 May 1881. On 27 April 1882 in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, he married HSH Princess Helene Friederike Auguste of Waldeck and Pyrmont. He is seen in the photograph here in June; a few month after his marriage. They had two children, Princess Alice of Albany (1883-1981) and Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany and later reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954). Prince Leopold died at the age of 31, of a brain hemorrhage from a minor blow to the head, in Villa Nevada in Cannes, in France. His posthumous son, Prince Charles Edward, succeeded him as Duke of Albany upon birth. As part of his Royal duties he is seen here at the opening ceremony of The University College. From its foundation in 1881, the University College came under the authority of the Nottingham Corporation and the College's management committee was controlled by the Town Council. (In 1906-1908 D H Lawrence was a student at the University College). In August 1948, the University College received the royal charter granting full University status and the power to confer its own degrees (prior to this date students at Nottingham received degrees from the University of London). The University re-located to its present Highfields site between Lenton, Dunkirk and Beeston. Parts of the old University College buildings were then used as Nottingham Central Library before becoming what is today part of Nottingham Trent University.