Earl Alexander Augustus Fred of Cambridge

1874 - 1957  (82 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Alexander Augustus Fred of Cambridge
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	14 Apr 1874	Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jan 1957	Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Prinzessin Mary Victoria Augusta Luisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes von Teck,   b. 26 May 1867, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England d. 24 Mar 1953, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 85 years) ▻ King George Windsor, V,  m. 6 Jul 1893 + 2. Herzog Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Eduard Georg Philipp Ludwig Ladislaus von Teck,   b. 13 Aug 1868, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England d. 24 Oct 1927, Shotton Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England  (Age 59 years) ▻ Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor,  m. 12 Dec 1894 + 3. Prinz Francis Joseph Leopold Friedrich von Teck,   b. 9 Jan 1870, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England d. 22 Oct 1910, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 40 years) ▻ + 4. Earl Alexander Augustus Fred of Cambridge,   b. 14 Apr 1874, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England d. 16 Jan 1957, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England  (Age 82 years) ▻ Princess Alice Mary Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg,  m. 10 Feb 1904
  Person ID	I5246	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2010

  
  

  Father	Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander von Hohenstein,   b. 27 Aug 1837, Osijek (Esseg), Osijek-Baranja, Croatia d. 20 Jan 1900, Richmond Park, Surrey, White Lodge (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmine Elizabeth of Cambridge,   b. 22 Nov 1833, Hanover, Deutschland d. 27 Oct 1897, White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	12 Jun 1866	Surrey, England
  Family ID	F2178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Princess Alice Mary Victoria von Sachsen-Coburg,   b. 25 Feb 1883, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d. 3 Jan 1981 (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1904	Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Children	+ 1. May Helen Emma of Cambridge,   b. 23 Jan 1906, Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, England d. 29 May 1994, London, Middlesex, England (Age 88 years)   2. Viscount Rupert Alexander George Augustus of Cambridge,   b. 24 Aug 1907, Claremont House, Esher, Surrey, England d. 15 Apr 1928, Belleville (Age 20 years)   3. Maurice of Cambridge,   b. 29 Mar 1910, Claremont d. 14 Sep 1910, Schloss Reinhardsbrunn (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

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  		Birth - 14 Apr 1874 - Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England Marriage - 10 Feb 1904 - Windsor, Berkshire, England Death - 16 Jan 1957 - Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth
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  Alexander Augustus Fred of Cambridge with spouse Princess Alice and President Roosevelt

  
  

• Notes

  Prins van Teck a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the country's fourth, and as Governor General of Canada, the 16th since Canadian Confederation. Prince Alexander was born in London, United Kingdom, to the Duke and Duchess of Teck, and was educated at Eton College before moving on to Sandhurst for training as an officer. He rose in rank through his service in African campaigns and the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations, including elevation to the peerage as the Earl of Athlone, after he relinquished his German title of Prince of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He was in 1927 appointed as South Africa's governor general by George V, King of the United Kingdom, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Stanley Baldwin, to replace Prince Arthur of Connaught as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by the Earl of Clarendon in 1930. Athlone then served as Chancellor of the University of London until he was in 1940 appointed as Canada's governor general by George VI, king of Canada, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, to replace the Lord Tweedsmuir as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by the Viscount Alexander of Tunis in 1946. Athlone proved to be instrumental in the Canadian war effort and as a host to British and American statesmen during the Second World War. Returned to the United Kingdom, Athlone sat on the organising committee for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. He died at Kensington Palace in 1957, and was interred in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore.