Lady Helena Gibbs

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Lady Helena Gibbs
Photograph of Lady Helena Gibbs, 1919
BornPrincess Helena Frances Augusta of Teck
(1899-10-23)23 October 1899
Grosvenor House, Mayfair, Westminster
Died22 December 1969(1969-12-22) (aged 70)
Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England
Buried27 December 1969
St John the Baptist's Church, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire
Spouse(s)
John Evelyn Gibbs
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(m. 1919; died 1932)​
FatherAdolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
MotherLady Margaret Grosvenor

Lady Helena Gibbs (Helena Frances Augusta; née Cambridge; 23 October 1899 – 22 December 1969), born Princess Helena of Teck, was a relative of the

King George V
.

During the

First World War, the British royal family and their near relatives (including the House of Teck), relinquished their German titles, and Princess Helena assumed the style Lady Helena Cambridge.[1]

Teck-Cambridge Family
Francis, Duke of Teck
Children
Mary, Queen of the United Kingdom
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Prince Francis of Teck
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
Adolphus Cambridge,
 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Children
George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort
Lady Helena Gibbs
Lord Frederick Cambridge
Grandchildren
Lady Mary Whitley
Alexander Cambridge,
 1st Earl of Athlone
Children
Lady May Abel Smith
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon
Prince Maurice of Teck

Early life

Photograph, 1903

Princess Helena was born at

Lady Margaret Grosvenor, the third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster.[2] She was the couple's second daughter.[3] In 1919, a newspaper article included her mother's description about her upbringing that was in "the simplest fashion" with the desire that she "should be regarded as ordinary members of the English titled and untitled aristocracy".[4]

As a child of Prince Adolphus of Teck, she was styled "Her Serene Highness Princess Helena of Teck" at birth.

Lady Helena Cambridge

During

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English sounding House of Windsor
. The King also renounced all his Germanic titles for himself and all members of the British royal family.

In response to this, Helena's father renounced his title of

Prince Alexander of Teck, adopted the name Cambridge, after their grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
.

He was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] Helena was entitled to the style of "Lady Helena Cambridge" as a daughter of a marquess.

Lady Helena was in attendance for the 1919 wedding of Princess Patricia to Alexander Ramsay.[5][6]

Marriage

Helena married Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs (22 December 1879

Lady May Cambridge.[20] The best man was Lancelot Gibbs, the brother of the bridgegroom.[14]

In 1921, Lady Helena Gibbs helped open a children's home in Kingsdown in honor of her late sister-in-law, Victoria Gibbs.[21] She also served as honorary host of a 1931 flower show in Montpellier.[22]

Lady Helena and Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs had no children. Lady Helena survived her husband by 37 years and died at Badminton House, home of her sister.[23] Her funeral service was in Gloucestershire at the Church of St. Mary, Tetbury on 27 December 1969.[24]

Ancestry

Notes and references

  1. ISBN 2-901138-02-0
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  2. ^
    ISBN 0-220-66222-3
  3. ISBN 978-0-87745-657-5
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  4. ^ "Not in class with princes". The Washington Post. 14 September 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ The New York Times 1919-02-28: Vol 68 Iss 22315. Internet Archive. 28 February 1919.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. ^ Style. Fisher - University of Toronto. Dry Goods Review. 1919.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ "Marriage". St George's Windsor. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Obituary for Colonel J. Gibbs". The Gloucestershire Echo. 12 October 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Lady Cambridge to wed commoner". Detroit Free Press. 26 July 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ "England's problem - a bride for the prince". The San Francisco Examiner. 2 November 1919. p. 71. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b c The Illustrated London News 1919-08-02: Vol 155 Iss 4189. Illustrated London News. 2 August 1919.
  12. ^ Graham Senior-Milne (21 November 2018). Pedigree of Milne, Senior, Hammersley, Hughes.
  13. ^ "The Queen's Niece Married". The Times (London, England). No. 42195. 3 September 1919 – via Gale.
  14. ^ a b c San Francisco News Letter (July-Dec. 1919). California State Library. 13 February 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. ^ Country Life 1919-08-02: Vol 46 Iss 1178. Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. 2 August 1919.
  16. ^ "Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality; Bride and Groom: Major E. Gibbs and Lady Helena Gibbs". Ingram brothers. 1919. pp. 359–360, 366–367.
  17. ^ "Tatler: An Illustrated Journal of Society, the Drama, and Sport..." Vol. 950. 10 September 1919. p. 329.
  18. ^ The Jewelers' Circular 1919-09-17: Vol 79 Iss 7. Reed Exhibitions Ltd. 17 September 1919.
  19. ^ "King's Niece Married". The Western Daily Press. 3 September 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  20. ^ Ladies' News. Vol. 155. The Illustrated London News. 6 September 1919.
  21. ^ "The memorial to Mrs. George Gibbs". The Western Daily Press. 26 January 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Choice blooms at the flower show". Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic. 4 July 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  23. ISBN 978-0-85967-883-4
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  24. ^ "Deaths - Lady Helena Gibbs". The Times (London, England). No. 57753. 29 December 1969 – via Gale.
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