George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge


The Marquess of Cambridge

Marquess of Cambridge
Tenure1927–1981
PredecessorAdolphus Cambridge
BornPrince George Francis Hugh of Teck
(1895-10-11)11 October 1895
Grosvenor House, London, England
Died16 April 1981(1981-04-16) (aged 85)
Little Abington, Cambridgeshire, England
Buried23 April 1981
Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Spouse(s)
Dorothy Hastings
(m. 1923)
IssueLady Mary Whitley
FatherAdolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
MotherLady Margaret Grosvenor

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 relative of the British royal family, a great-great-grandson of King George III and nephew of Queen Mary and King George V. He was also nephew to the 1st Earl of Athlone. He was the elder son of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge, formerly the Duke of Teck, and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Grosvenor.