Prince Francis of Teck
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| Born | 9 January 1870 Kensington Palace, London, England | ||||
| Died | 22 October 1910 (aged 40) 15 Welbeck Street, London, England | ||||
| Burial | 26 October 1910 | ||||
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| House | Teck | ||||
| Father | Francis, Duke of Teck | ||||
| Mother | Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge | ||||
Prince Francis of Teck, GCVO, DSO (Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick; 9 January 1870 – 22 October 1910) was the younger brother of the British queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V.
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Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, known as "Frank", was born at
Wellington College, Cheltenham College (Stone, 1912, p. xviii)[1] and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
.
His father was
Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (created the Countess von Hohenstein). His mother was the Duchess of Teck (née Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge), the youngest daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and a granddaughter of George III
. Frank was thus styled "His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck".
Education
He was expelled from Wellington College, Berkshire "for throwing his housemaster over a hedge to win a bet. All through his life he was an incorrigible gambler. He then went to Cheltenham where he got into more trouble."[2]
Personal life
Francis never married. According to
Prince Carl of Denmark
, becoming Queen of Norway in 1905.
Francis had an affair with society beauty Ellen Constance, wife of
will was also sealed to avoid potential scandal.[5] The document remains unpublished, and subsequent royal wills have followed this tradition.[6] His estate was valued at £23,154 (or £1.9 million in 2022 when adjusted for inflation).[7][8][9]
The English actress
Richmond, Surrey, in 1894.[10]
Military career
He attended the
Royal Dragoons
in 1890. He rose to the rank of Major, before retiring in 1902.
- 1889.01.30 2nd Lieutenant, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 1889.04.17 transferred to 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 1890.10.08 transferred to 1st Royal Dragoons
- 1891.08.26 Lieutenant, 1st Royal Dragoons
- 1894.07.25 Captain, 1st Royal Dragoons
- 1896.11.25 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding, Quetta, India
- 1897.08.06 attached Egyptian Army
- 1897–1898 served in Nile Expedition (Atbara and Khartoum) (rcvd: MID twice, DSO, Medal with clasp)
- 1899.01.11 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding, South Eastern District
- 1899.07.24 Staff Captain, Remount Establishment, Dublin
- 1899.05.29 DAAG, Remount Establishment, South Africa
- 1899–1900 served in the South African War in Transvaal operations (rcvd: MID, brevet Major, Queen's Medal with 3 clasps)
- 1900.11.29 Brevet Major
- 1901.11.16 Major, 1st Dragoons[11]
- 1901.11.16 retired and transferred to Reserve of Officers
- 1902.09.03 retired from the 1st Dragoons, receiving a gratuity[12]
In 1902 he again visited South Africa, and following the end of hostilities returned to England in June that year on board the SS Kinfauns Castle.[13]
Death
He died suddenly in 1910 at the age of forty, having caught pneumonia at Balmoral.[14]
After being initially interred in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, he was buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.[15]
Orders and decorations
United Kingdom: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 8 December 1898;[16] Knight Grand Cross, 1 December 1909[17]
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Stone, E.D. (1912), Herbert Kynaston: a short memoir with selections from his occasional writings. London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2011 from https://archive.org/stream/herbertkynastons00kynauoft/herbertkynastons00kynauoft_djvu.txt
- ^ Countess of Athlone, Princess Alice (1966). For My Grandchildren (First ed.). London: Evans Brothers. p. 128. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Ellen Constance (née Baldock), Countess of Kilmorey". National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ^ "The Cambridge Emeralds and the Delhi Durbar Parure". From Her Majesty's Jewel Vault. 11 February 2013.
- ^ "Philandering Prince Frank set seal on wills". The Daily Telegraph. 28 March 2007.
- ^ Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Court Circular", The Times ( 19 November 1926): 17.
- ^ Evans, Rob; Pegg, David (18 July 2022). "£187m of Windsor family wealth hidden in secret royal wills". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Philandering Prince Frank set seal on wills". The Daily Telegraph. 28 March 2007.
- ^ Sarah Miles, A right royal bastard (1993), p. 20: "Clarice... the eldest child of Francis (Frank) Remnant, bastard son of Prince Francis of Teck".
- ^ "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7395.
- ^ "No. 27470". The London Gazette. 2 September 1902. p. 5681.
- ^ "The Army in South Africa – Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36790. London. 10 June 1902. p. 14.
- ^ "Secret wills of the royals – a tale of mistresses, jewels and cover-ups". The Guardian. 27 March 2007.
- ^ "Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George - Windsor Castle. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. 1. London: Sharrett & Hughes. p. 432.
- ^ The London Gazette, issue 28316, p. 9413
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