Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge

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The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Cambridge
Margaret in 1911
Born	Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor (1873-04-08)8 April 1873 Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Died	27 March 1929(1929-03-27) (aged 55) London, England
Buried	30 March 1929 Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore
Spouse(s)	Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge ​ ​ (m. 1894; died 1927)​
Issue	Lady Constance Leveson-Gower

Margaret Evelyn Cambridge (née Grosvenor), Marchioness of Cambridge (8 April 1873 – 27 March 1929) was the sixth child and third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster and the wife of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge. She was known before her marriage as Lady Margaret Grosvenor, and after it she was also known as Princess Adolphus of Teck and later the Duchess of Teck.

Birth

Lady Margaret Grosvenor was born at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. Her father was the 3rd Marquess of Westminster (later 1st Duke of Westminster), the son of the 2nd Marquess of Westminster and Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower. Her mother was Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson-Gower, the daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland.

Marriage

On 12 December 1894 she married Prince Adolphus of Teck at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. Prince Adolphus of Teck was the eldest son of Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. He was also the younger brother of Victoria Mary, Duchess of York (later Queen Mary). Her father settled £75,000 on her upon her marriage.^[1]

After her marriage she took on her husband's title and style and was known as Her Serene Highness Princess Adolphus of Teck. Together the couple had four children:

• Prince George of Teck, later 2nd Marquess of Cambridge, (11 October 1895 – 16 April 1981), married 1923 Dorothy Hastings (18 May 1899 – 1 April 1988);
• Princess Mary of Teck, later Lady Mary Cambridge (12 June 1897 – 23 June 1987), married 1923 the 10th Duke of Beaufort (4 April 1900 – 4 February 1984)
• Princess Helena of Teck, later styled Lady Helena Cambridge (23 October 1899 – 22 December 1969), married 1919 Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs (22 December 1879 – 11 October 1932)
• Prince Frederick of Teck, later styled Lord Frederick Cambridge (23 September 1907 – 15 May 1940)

Duchess of Teck

In 1900, Prince Francis, Duke of Teck died, and Adolphus succeeded him as 2nd

Prince Adolphus saw active service with his regiment in the Second Boer War, and his wife joined him in South Africa in April 1900, travelling there on the SS Dunottar Castle with her two sisters the Marchioness of Ormonde and Lady Chesham.^[2]

Marchioness of Cambridge

During the

He was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Margaret from then on became the Marchioness of Cambridge. Their elder son took the title Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title. The younger children became Lord/Lady (Christian Name) Cambridge.

After World War I the couple made their home at Shotton Hall, near Shrewsbury, England,^[3] until after her husband's death in 1927. His elder son, the Earl of Eltham, succeeded him as Marquess of Cambridge. Lady Cambridge survived him by two years, and died on 27 March 1929 in London. She was buried beside her husband at the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.

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