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 Francis Teck (age 30) and Princess Mary Adelaide Hanover (age 34) at Kensington Palace. He a great grandson of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.

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.

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.

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 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 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 [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.