He received from allied nations the Order of the Star of Romania, the Belgian Order of Leopold and Croix de guerre, and French Legion of HonourLord Cambridge made his home in Shropshire after World War I at Shotton Hall near Shrewsbury. in France, Sir Douglas Haig, with the rank of brigadier general. Lt.-Col. Sir Adolphus Charles Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge was born on 13 August 1868 at Kensington Palace, Kensington, London, England G. 3 He was the son of Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander Herzog von Teck and Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth Hanover, Princess of Cambridge. Juli 1917 in der Peerage of the United Kingdom für Adolphus, Herzog von Teck , einen Bruder von Queen Mary , Ehefrau von König Georg V. , geschaffen, zusammen mit den nachgeordneten Titeln Earl of Eltham und Viscount Northallerton . Marquess of Cambridge Ein zweites Mal wurde der Titel am 16. The new Duke served with his regiment during the Boer War 1899–1900, for which he was promoted Brevet major in November 1900. He was later a transport officer in the Household Cavalry, and then served as the British military attaché in Vienna from 1904 to 1910, retiring at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was first buried at St George’s Chapel and later transferred to the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge GCB, GCVO, CMG (Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus; 13 August 1868 – 23 October 1927), born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck, was a member of the British Royal Family, a great-grandson of King George III and younger brother of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. In 1900, he succeeded his father as Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg. British Royal, born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later styled The Duke of Teck, who was a great-grandson of King George III and younger brother of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. In 1900, he succeeded his father as Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He relinquished his German titles in 1917 to become Marquess of Cambridge.On 12 December 1894, at Eaton Hall, he married Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor (9 April 1873 – 27 March 1929), the daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster. The couple had 4 children.He was created a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1897, and promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1901.With the outbreak of the First World War, he returned to active duty, serving first as assistant military secretary at the War Office, and later as military secretary to the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) in France.Prince Adolphus was a cavalry officer, following in the footsteps of his father, both of his grandfathers, and his maternal uncle. His elder son, the Earl of Eltham, succeeded him as Marquess of Cambridge.During World War I, anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led Teck’s brother-in-law King George V to change the name of the Royal House from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English-sounding House of Windsor.