Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge
Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor ( born April 9, 1873 Eaton Hall, Cheshire, † March 27, 1929 in London) was a British nobleman. Through marriage, she was a member of the British Royal Family and the last Duchess of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg.
Life
Margaret Evelyn was the third daughter of eight children of Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster ( 1825-1899 ) and his first wife Lady Constance Gertrude Leveson - Gower ( 1834-1880 ), eldest daughter of George Sutherland - Leveson - Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland and Lady Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard.
On December 12, 1894 Lady Margaret Evelyn married in Eaton Hall, Chester, the German -born Prince Adolphus of Teck ( 1868-1927 ), eldest son of Duke Francis of Teck ( 1837-1900 ) and his wife Princess Mary Adelaide of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1833-1897), youngest daughter of Prince Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge. From the marriage, which by all accounts was happy, went four children:
- George Francis Hugh (1895-1981), 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
- Victoria Constance Mary (1897-1987)
- Helena Frances Augusta (1899-1969)
- Frederick Charles Edward (1907-1940, taken in Belgium ), Lord Cambridge
During her marriage to Lady Margaret engaged in several charitable organizations; a big concern lay in the education and health sector. In addition to the social obligations Lady Margaret belonged to the circle of friends of the Prince of Wales and later King George V and his wife Princess Mary of Teck, sister of her husband, at.
1917, the name of the British Royal Family in Windsor was due to anti- German sentiments that prevailed during the First World War in Britain, as amended. The king renounced itself and on behalf of all other members of the royal family, were British citizens, to all German titles. Accordingly, just as his brother renounced Margaret's husband, Adolphus, on 14 July 1917, his German titles and adopted the surname Cambridge at (derivation from his grandfather Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge ). By the king him the title Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton, have all been awarded in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Lady Margaret survived her husband, who died in 1927, by two years. She is buried at his side in the Royal Burial Ground Frogmore.