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T.F.
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created 1 June 2003. Corrected and updated
07.06.2006
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H.R.H.
Prince George
Duke of Cambridge
1819-1904
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full name: |
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George William Frederick Charles |
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birth: |
1819.03.26 |
at Cambridge House, Hanover
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father: |
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Adolphus
Frederick, Duke of Cambridge |
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mother: |
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Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa,
Princess of Hesse-Cassel |
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marriage: |
1847.01.81 |
Sarah (Louisa) Fairbrother
at St John's Church, Clerkenwell, London (married in contravention
of the Royal Marriages Act) |
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children: |
1843.08.27 |
Col. George William Adolphus
FitzGeorge |
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1846.01.30 |
Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick
FitzGeorge
[Rear Admiral RN, 1896; Extra Equerry to his father] |
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1847.06.12 |
Augustus Charles Frederick
FitzGeorge
[Lt-Col. Commanding 11th
Hussars May-July 1886; Secretary to his father July 1886+] |
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death: |
1904.03.17 |
at Gloucester House, Piccadilly,
London
(buried: Kensal Green Cemetery, London) |
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| Titles,
Orders and Awards |
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| Honorary
Military Appointments |
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1842.04.25 |
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Colonel, 17th
Regiment of Lancers [to 1852] |
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1852.09.23 |
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Colonel, Scots
Fusiliers Guards [to 1861] |
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1860.02.24 |
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Honorary Colonel,
1st (City of London) Rifle
Volunteer Brigade |
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1861.05.10 |
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Colonel, Royal
Regiment of Artillery [from 1 Nov. 1895 Colonel-in-Chief] |
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1861.05.10 |
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Colonel, Corps
of Royal Engineers [from 1 Nov. 1895 Colonel-in-Chief] |
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1861.12.15 |
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Colonel, Grenadier
Guards |
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1869 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The King's Royal Rifle Corps |
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1876.06.21 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
Lancers |
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1878 |
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Honorary Colonel,
10th Bengal (Duke of Cambridge's
Own) Lancers |
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1882 |
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Honorary Colonel,
20th (Duke of Cambridge's
Own) (Punjab) Regiment of Bengal Infantry |
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1889.08 |
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Chef, Infanterie-Regiment
von Goeben (2. Rheinisches) Nr. 28 |
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1892.07.30 |
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Honorary Colonel,
4th Battalion (Militia), The Suffolk Regiment |
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1894.01.06 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Middlesex (Duke of Cambridge's
Hussars) Yeomanry Cavalry |
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1895.05.22 |
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Honorary Colonel,
Royal Malta Artillery |
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1898.08.03 |
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Colonel-in-Chief,
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of
Cambridge's Own) |
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| Other
Military Connections |
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