Prince Francis of Teck

Prince Francis of Teck GCVO DSO (9 January 1870 – 22 October 1910), was a member of the British Royal Family, the brother of Queen Mary.

Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, known as "Frank" was born at Kensington Palace and educated at Wellington College and RMA Sandhurst. His father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg and the Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (created the Countess von Hohenstein). His mother was the Duchess of Teck (née Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge), the youngest daughter of HRH Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and a granddaughter of King George III. Frank was styled "His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck" at birth. He joined the Royal Dragoons in 1890. On his early death, shortly before his sister's coronation as Queen Consort to George V, his will set a legal precedent when it was sealed, presumably to avoid scandal. The document remains a secret and subsequent royal wills have followed in this legal secrecy.

Potential Marriage

According to Hannah Pakula's "Born to Rule", Frank was vigorously pursued by Maud of Wales, his sister's sister-in-law. The two exchanged letters, but it soon became clear that Frank was not interested in Maud, so she set her sights on someone else: her first cousin Prince Carl of Denmark. Frank never married. He died in 1910 at the age of forty.

From her mother Clarice Remnant's father Francis Remnant, Sarah Miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of Prince Francis of Teck and thus a second cousin once removed of Elizabeth II of Great Britain. [ [http://worldroots.com/brigitte/famous/s/sarahmilesline.htm Worldroots.com ] ]

Military career

* Royal Military College Sandhurst
*1889.01.30 2nd Lieutenant, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
*1889.04.17 transferred to 1st Bn, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
*1890.10.08 transferred to 1st Royal Dragoons
*1891.08.26 Lieutenant, 1st Royal Dragoons
*1894.07.25 Captain, 1st Royal Dragoons
*1896.11.25 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding, Quetta, India
*1897.08.06 attached Egyptian Army
*1897-1898 served in Nile Expedition (Atbara and Khartoum) (rcvd: MID twice, DSO, Medal with clasp)
*1899.01.11 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding, South Eastern District
*1899.07.24 Staff Captain, Remount Establishment, Dublin
*1899.05.29 DAAG, Remount Establishment, South Africa
*1899-1900 served in the South African War in Transvaal operations (rcvd: MID, brevet Major, Queen's Medal with 3 clasps)
*1900.11.29 Major
*1901.11.16 retired and transferred to Reserve of Officer

Ancestors

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1= 1. Prince Francis of Teck
2= 2. Francis, Duke of Teck
3= 3. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
4= 4. Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
5= 5. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
6= 6. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
7= 7. Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
8= 8. Louis, Duke of Württemberg
9= 9. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
10= 10. László, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde
11= 11. Agnes Inczédy of Nagy-Várad
12= 12. George III of the United Kingdom
13= 13. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
14= 14. Prince Frederick of Hesse
15= 15. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
16= 16. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
17= 17. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
18= 18. Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg
19= 19. Carolina of Orange-Nassau
20= 20. Mihály, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde
21= 21. Terézia Bánffy of Losoncz
22= 22. Gregor, Baron Inczédy of Nagy-Várad
23= 23. Karolina Bárczay of Nagy-Bárcza
24= 24. Frederick, Prince of Wales
25= 25. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
26= 26. Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
27= 27. Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
28= 28. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse
29= 29. Princess Mary of Great Britain
30= 30. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
31= 31. Karoline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg

References

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20050829.shtml BBC Radio 4 programme]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6137146 Find-A-Grave biography]