Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge

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Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, around 1914

Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge , GCB , GCVO , CMG (born von Teck , born August 13, 1868 at Kensington Palace in London , † October 24, 1927 in Shotton Hall, Shrewsbury ) a German - British nobleman . He was the last Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg , a member of the British royal family and brother of Queen Mary .

origin

standing from left to right: Alexander, Maria (later Queen Mary), Adolphus and Francis; sitting: Duke Franz and his wife Mary Adelaide

Adolphus was the eldest son and heir of the German Duke Franz von Teck (1837-1900) and his wife Princess Mary Adelaide of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1833-1897), the youngest daughter of Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge , and of the Princess Auguste of Hesse . The paternal grandparents were Prince Alexander von Württemberg and Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde , later Countess von Hohenstein. Dolly , as he was called within the family, grew up at Kensington Palace and White Lodge Country House in Richmond Park , with his siblings:

Education and military career

Prince Adolphus studied at Wellington College in Berkshire before receiving military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . At the age of 19 he became a second lieutenant in the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) , a regiment of his uncle, the Commander in Chief of the British Army George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge . In 1893 he was promoted to lieutenant and in 1895 he moved to the 1st Life Guards as captain . With this unit he took in 1899 and 1900 at the Second Boer War in part and in November 1900 for certification - Major transported. Between 1904 and 1910 he served as a British military attaché in Vienna . In 1906 he was promoted to major and in 1910 to brevet lieutenant colonel. With the outbreak of World War I , he returned to active service, was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1914 and served in the British Admiralty and later in the British Expeditionary Force in France . On December 27, 1915, he was raised to the temporary rank of Brigadier General . Due to poor health, he was released from service on half pay in July 1916 and dismissed from army service in 1919.

Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge

When his father, Duke Franz, died on January 21, 1900, Prince Adolphus became Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg. On June 9, 1911 King George he was succeeded by his brother, V. the title Highness (His Highness) awarded.

In 1917, due to anti-German sentiments prevalent in Great Britain during World War I , the name of the British royal family was changed to Windsor . The king renounced all his German titles , as did the members of the royal family and, in many cases, other families, institutions, cities and communities throughout the British Commonwealth with names of German origin (especially in Canada and Australia). In the course of this, Duke Adolphus also renounced his German title and salutation on July 14, 1917 and took the surname Cambridge (derived from his grandfather Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge). On July 16, 1917, King George V bestowed him the hereditary British nobility titles of Marquess of Cambridge , Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton .

Marriage and offspring

Official wedding picture: standing: Lady Beatrice Butler, Lady Constance Grosvenor and Prince Adolphus ; seated: Lady Mary Grosvenor, Miss Millicent Grosvenor and Lady Margaret Evelyn ; Lady Helen Grosvenor and Lilah Cavendish

On December 12, 1894, Prince Adolphus married Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor (1873-1929), daughter of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster , and Lady Constance Leveson-Gower at Eaton Hall , Cheshire . Four children emerged from the mutual connection:

For further relationships see Teck / Cambridge family .

Orders and decorations

Coat of arms of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge

literature

  • Sönke Lorenz (Ed.): The House of Württemberg. A biographical lexicon . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart et al. 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 .
  • LG Pine: The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971. Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms . Heraldry Today, London 1972, ISBN 0-900455-23-3 .
  • Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings. A Royal Genealogy . Garnstone, London 1973, ISBN 0-900391-19-7 .
  • George Edward Cokayne , Vicary Gibbs: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant (1910-1959) . Sutton, Stroud et al. 2000, ISBN 0-904387-82-8 .
  • Alison Weir: Britain's Royal Family. A Complete Genealogy . Bodley Head, London 1989, ISBN 0-370-31310-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29476, HMSO, London, February 15, 1916, p. 1777 ( PDF , English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29771, HMSO, London, September 29, 1916, p. 9536 ( PDF , English).
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 30374, HMSO, London, November 9, 1917, pp. 11592-11593 ( PDF , English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 30374, HMSO, London, November 9, 1917, p. 11593 ( PDF , English).
  5. ↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1907 , p. 29
predecessor Office successor
Franz von Teck Duke of Teck
1900–1917 		Title abandoned
New title created Marquess of Cambridge
1917-1927 		George Cambridge
personal data
SURNAME Cambridge, Adolphus, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus von Teck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the British royal family, last Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Kensington Palace , London
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1927
Place of death Shotton Hall , Shrewsbury