Prince Alexander of Teck

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Prince Alexander of Teck, later known as Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, was a British royal and military officer who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and later of Canada in the early 20th century.

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Prince Alexander of Teck canonical 16
Alexander of Teck 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British royal ⓘ
governor general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1874-04-14 ⓘ
birthName Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
birthPlace Kensington Palace, London, England ⓘ
child Lady May Abel Smith ⓘ
Maurice Francis George of Teck ⓘ
Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfNameChange 1917 ⓘ
deathDate 1957-01-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Kensington Palace, London, England ⓘ
educatedAt Eton College ⓘ
endTime term as Governor General of Canada: 1946 ⓘ
term as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa: 1930 ⓘ
familyName Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: CAMBRIDGE
father Francis, Duke of Teck ⓘ
fullName Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
honor Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
Knight of the Garter ⓘ
Privy Counsellor (United Kingdom) ⓘ
memberOf British royal family ⓘ
House of Teck ⓘ
House of Windsor ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
monarch George V ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
mother Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Earl of Athlone ⓘ
linked to: The Earl of Athlone

Viscount Trematon ⓘ
occupation British Army officer ⓘ
placeOfBurial Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the University of London ⓘ
Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Dragoons ⓘ
Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Governor-General of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
reasonForNameChange relinquished German titles during World War I and adopted the surname Cambridge ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
royalStyle His Royal Highness Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
sibling Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge ⓘ
Princess Mary of Teck ⓘ
spouse Princess Alice of Albany ⓘ
startTime term as Governor General of Canada: 1940 ⓘ
term as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa: 1924 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge → child → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone → birthName → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Earl of Athlone → hasTitleHolder → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone → birthName → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Athlone
Duchess of Teck → motherOf → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Prince Francis of Teck → sibling → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge → child → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
subject linked to: Fat Mary
The Earl of Athlone → nobleTitle → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Baron Arklow → thirdHolder → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Princess Alexandra of Teck → sibling → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Mary Adelaide → child → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Prince Alexander of Teck → birthName → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Brantridge Park → associatedWith → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Prince of Teck → hasTitleHolder → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Margaret Cambridge, Marchioness of Cambridge → sibling → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ
Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck → alsoKnownAs → Alexander of Teck ⓘ
linked to: Prince Alexander of Teck
Hill 70 Memorial → unveiledBy → Prince Alexander of Teck ⓘ