Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon

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Rupert Cambridge
Princess Alice of Albany

Rupert Alexander George Cambridge, Viscount Trematon (24 April 1907 – 15 April 1928) was an English-born great-grandson of

Earldom of Athlone
, he was known as Lord Trematon, but he died before he could inherit the title.

Family

Prince Rupert with his mother and sister, c. 1909

Prince Rupert was born on 24 April 1907 at

haemophiliac, a condition he shared with many descendants of Queen Victoria, including his maternal grandfather, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, who died because of it.[1] Rupert attended Ludgrove School[2] and Eton as a boy.[3] At the time of his death, he was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4]

Viscount Trematon

During the

Her Royal Highness
and became known as Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.

Death

Viscount Trematon died on 15 April 1928 from an

King George V and Queen Mary.[10] He was interred in the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel on 20 April before being buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, on 23 October 1928.[11] His death without issue meant that the title of Earl of Athlone became extinct in 1957 when his father died without further issue, his infant brother Maurice having died in 1910.[7]

References

  1. ^ Russel, Peter; Hertz, Paul; McMillan, Beverly. Biology: The Dynamic Science. Belmon, CA: Brooks/Cole. p. 265.
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  3. ^ "Lord Trematon Injured". The Times. No. 44875. London. 24 April 1928. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b "Lord Trematon". The Times. No. 44858. London. 3 April 1928. p. 16.
  5. ^ "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. pp. 11592–11594.
  6. ^ "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. p. 11594.
  7. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32255. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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  8. ^ a b "Lord Trematon death in French hospital". The Times. No. 44868. London. 16 April 1928. p. 16.
  9. ^ "Lord Trematon better". The Times. No. 44859. London. 4 April 1928. p. 14.
  10. ^ "Lord Trematon funeral at Windsor". The Times. No. 44873. London. 21 April 1928. p. 15.
  11. ^ "Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805". College of St George - Windsor Castle. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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