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    Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone

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  1. Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone. v. t. e. Prince Alexander of Teck was born at Kensington Palace on 14 April 1874, [5] the fourth child and third son of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck. Although his mother was a granddaughter of King George III and first cousin to Queen Victoria, Athlone, as ...

  2. Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany. He was a British Army commander, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Governor General of Canada.

  3. Apr 14, 1874 - Jan 16, 1957. Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, was a British Army commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and as Governor General of Canada. Prince Alexander was born in London to the Duke and Duchess of Teck and was educated at Eton College and the Royal ...

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  5. Apr 27, 2015 · Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone; Credit – Wikipedia. The husband of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter Princess Alice of Albany, and Governor-General of both the Union of South Africa and Canada, His Serene Highness Prince Alexander of Teck was born in Kensington Palace in London, England on April 14, 1874.

  6. Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone KG PC GCB GCMG GCVO DSO ADC(P) FRS (born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was the husband of Princess Alice of Albany (a granddaughter of Queen Victoria) and a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the ...

  7. The sitter was born Prince Alexander of Teck, the youngest son of Frances, Duke of Teck and Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck; he was the brother of Queen Mary. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, in 1904 he married Princess Alice of Albany. He relinquished his German title as Prince of Teck in 1917 and took the family name of Cambridge, becoming a member of peerage as the ...

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