George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge

George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, GCVO (11 October 1895 – 16 April 1981), known as Prince George of Teck until 1917 and as Earl of Eltham from 1917 to 1927, was a descendant of the British Royal Family. He was the elder son of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge, formerly the Duke of Teck, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Grosvenor. He was a nephew of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V, and of the 1st Earl of Athlone.

Early life

Born at Grosvenor House, the home of his maternal grandfather, the 1st Duke of Westminster, he was styled His Serene Highness Prince George of Teck from birth. On his father's side, he was descended from King George III and the Royal House of Württemberg. In June 1917, at the request of George V, his father relinquished the titles, styles, and designations, "Highness", "Duke of Teck" and "of Teck" in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the German Empire, and assumed the surname Cambridge by Royal License and Warrant. The former Duke of Teck was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Prince George became George Cambridge and was styled Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title. He succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Cambridge on 24 October 1927. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in June 1927 and was promoted to Knight Grand Cross in June 1935.

Education and Career

Prince George of Teck was educated at Eton and then at Magdalen College, Oxford University. He joined the Reserve Regiment of the 1st Life Guards during World War I and served as an aide-de-camp on the Personal Staff in 1918-1919. In 1929, he became a director of Coutts & Company, a banking firm. This made him the second member of the British royal family (albeit, a very minor one) to pursue a career in the City of London. He remained with the firm until his retirement in 1951.

Marriage and Family

On April 10 1923, he married Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings (18 May 1899 Cirencester-1 April 1988), daughter of The Hon. Osmund William Toone Westenra Hastings, who was a younger son of the 13th Earl of Huntingdon. The couple had one child, Lady Mary Cambridge (24 September 1924-13 December 1999).

Personal Information

Lord and Lady Cambridge regularly attended major royal occasions, although they did not carry out royal duties. Lord Cambridge participated in the coronations of George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II. For many years he served as Royal trustee of the British Museum.

When Lord Cambridge died, on April 16 1981 in Little Abington, his peerages became extinct. His brother, Lord Frederick Cambridge, had died while fighting in Belgium during World War II.

tyles from birth to death

*His Serene Highness Prince George of Teck (1895-1917)
*George Cambridge, Esq. (1917-1917)
*Earl of Eltham (1917-1927)
*The Most Hon. The Marquess of Cambridge (1927-1981)

Ancestry

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1= 1. George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
2= 2. Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
3= 3. Margaret Grosvenor
4= 4. Francis, Duke of Teck
5= 5. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge
6= 6. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster
7= 7. Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower
8= 8. Duke Alexander of Württemberg
9= 9. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde
10= 10. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
11= 11. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
12= 12. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster
13= 13. Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower
14= 14. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland
15= 15. Harriet Howard
16= 16. Duke Louis of Württemberg
17= 17. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
18= 18. László, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde
19= 19. Agnes Inczédy of Nagy-Várad
20= 20. George III of the United Kingdom
21= 21. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
22= 22. Prince Frederick of Hesse
23= 23. Princess Caroline Polyxene of Nassau-Usingen
24= 24. Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster
25= 25. Eleanor Egerton
26= 26. George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland
27= 27. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 19th Countess of Sutherland
28= 28. George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (= 26)
29= 29. Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 19th Countess of Sutherland (= 27)
30= 30. George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle
31= 31. Georgiana Cavendish