Biography of Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck 1868-1927

On 12th June 1866 [his father] Francis Teck (age 28) and [his mother] Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover (age 32) were married at St Anne's Church Kew, Surrey. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Adolphus Hanover 1st Duke Cambridge and [his grandmother] Princess Augusta Hesse-Kassel Duchess Cambridge (age 68). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 13th August 1868 Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck was born to [his father] Francis Teck (age 30) and [his mother] Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover (age 34) at Kensington Palace. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th July 1893 [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 28) and [his sister] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 26) were married at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She by marriage Duchess York. He the son of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 51) and Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England (age 48). They were second cousin once removed. She a great granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

The photograph by from left to right:

Alexandra Windsor Princess (age 14)

Princess Alice of Battenburg (age 8)

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain (age 5)

Beatrice Windsor Duchess Galliera (age 9)

King George V of the United Kingdom

Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 11)

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England

Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway (age 23)

Victoria Patricia "Patsy" Windsor (age 7)

Princess Victoria Windsor (age 25)

Helena Victoria Oldenburg (age 23)

Victoria Melita Windsor (age 16)

In 1894 Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 25) and Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 20) were married at Eaton Hall, Cheshire [Map]. She the daughter of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor 1st Duke Westminster (age 68) and Constance Leveson-Gower Duchess Westminster.

On 11th October 1895 [his son] George Cambridge 2nd Marquess Cambridge was born to Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 27) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 22) at Grosvenor House Park Lane. He a great x 2 grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. He married 10th April 1923 Dorothy Hastings Marchioness Cambridge and had issue.

On 12th June 1897 [his daughter] Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort was born to Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 28) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 24). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland. She married 14th June 1923 her half fourth cousin Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort, son of Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort and Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort.

On 27th October 1897 [his mother] Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover (age 63) died at White Lodge Richmond Park, Surrey. She was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map].

On 23rd October 1899 [his daughter] Helena Cambridge was born to Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 31) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 26). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 21st January 1900 [his father] Francis Teck (age 62) died. His son Adolphus (age 31) succeeded Duke Teck. [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 26) by marriage Duchess Teck.

On 23rd September 1907 [his son] Frederick Cambridge was born to Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 39) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 34) at Vienna [Map]. He a great x 2 grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 6th May 1910 King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (age 68) died. His son [his brother-in-law] George (age 44) succeeded V King of the United Kingdom. [his sister] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 42) by marriage Queen Consort England.

On 17th July 1917 Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 48) was created 1st Marquess Cambridge. [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 44) by marriage Marchioness Cambridge.

On 7th November 1917 [his brother] Alexander Teck 1st Earl Athlone (age 43) was created 1st Earl Athlone. [his sister-in-law] Princess Alice Countess Athlone (age 34) by marriage Countess Athlone.

On 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and [his niece] Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), [his daughter] Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and [his niece] Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother [his brother-in-law] King George V of the United Kingdom (age 56) and [his sister] Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).

On 10th April 1923 [his son] George Cambridge 2nd Marquess Cambridge (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Dorothy Hastings Marchioness Cambridge (age 23) were married. She by marriage Marchioness Cambridge. He the son of Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 54) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 50).

On 14th June 1923 [his son-in-law] Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset 10th Duke Beaufort (age 23) and [his daughter] Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 26) were married. She by marriage Duchess Beaufort. She the daughter of Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 54) and [his wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 50). He the son of Henry Adelbert Wellington Fitzroy 9th Duke Beaufort (age 76) and Louise Emily Harford 9th Duchess Beaufort (age 58). They were half fourth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 24th October 1927 Adolphus Cambridge Duke Teck (age 59) died. He was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle [Map]. His son George (age 32) succeeded 2nd Marquess Cambridge.

On 27th March 1929 [his former wife] Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor Duchess Teck (age 55) died.

The London Gazette 29771. MEMORANDA.

Col. (temp. Brig.-Gen.) V. B. Fane, C.B., C.I.E, Ind. Army, to be temp. Maj.-Gen. 3rd Sept. 1916.

Lt.-Col. H.H. Adolphus C. A. A., R. G. P. L. L., Duke of Teck, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.M.G., Personal A.D.C. to The King, is placed on the h.p. List on account of ill-health. 24th July 1916.