Prince Francis of Teck
Prince Francis of Teck, GCVO, DSO (9 January 1870 – 22 October 1910), was a member of the British Royal Family, the brother of Queen Mary.
Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick, known as "Frank" was born at Kensington Palace and educated at Wellington College, Cheltenham College (Stone, 1912, p. xviii)[1] and RMA Sandhurst. His father was Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, the son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg and the 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 HRH Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and a granddaughter of King George III. Frank was styled His Serene Highness Prince Francis of Teck at birth. He joined the Royal Dragoons in 1890. On his early death, shortly before his sister's coronation as Queen Consort to George V, his will set a legal precedent when it was sealed, presumably to avoid scandal. The document remains a secret and subsequent royal wills have followed in this legal secrecy. He is buried in the Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore.
Potential Marriage
According to Julia P. Gelardi's Born to Rule, Frank was vigorously pursued by Maud of Wales, his sister's sister-in-law. The two exchanged letters, but it soon became clear that Frank was not interested in Maud, so she set her sights on someone else: her first cousin Prince Carl of Denmark. Frank never married. He died in 1910 at the age of forty.
The English actress Sarah Miles claims to be the great-granddaughter of Prince Francis of Teck, through her grandfather, an illegitimate son of the prince called Francis Remnant, born at Richmond, Surrey, in 1894.[2]
Military career
- Royal Military College Sandhurst
- 1889.01.30 2nd Lieutenant, 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
- 1889.04.17 transferred to 1st Bn, 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 Major
- 1901.11.16 retired and transferred to Reserve of Officer
Ancestors
Ancestors of Prince Francis of Teck |
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16. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg |
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8. Louis, Duke of Württemberg |
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17. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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4. Alexander, Duke of Württemberg |
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18. Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg |
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9. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg |
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19. Carolina of Orange-Nassau |
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2. Francis, Duke of Teck |
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20. Mihály, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde |
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10. László, Count Rhédey of Kis-Rhéde |
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21. Terézia Bánffy of Losoncz |
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5. Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde |
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22. Gregor, Baron Inczédy of Nagy-Várad |
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11. Agnes Inczédy of Nagy-Várad |
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23. Karolina Bárczay of Nagy-Bárcza |
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1. Prince Francis of Teck |
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24. Frederick, Prince of Wales |
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12. George III of the United Kingdom |
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25. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha |
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6. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge |
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26. Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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13. Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
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27. Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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3. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge |
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28. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse |
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14. Prince Frederick of Hesse |
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29. Princess Mary of Great Britain |
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7. Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge |
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30. Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen |
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15. Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen |
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31. Karoline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg |
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Trivia
There is pub in Earls Court, London called the Prince of Teck
References
- ^ Stone, E.D. (1912), Herbert Kynaston: a short memoir with selections from his occasional writings. London, Macmillan and Co., Ltd. Retrieved September 6, 2011 from http://www.archive.org/stream/herbertkynastons00kynauoft/herbertkynastons00kynauoft_djvu.txt
- ^ Sarah Miles, A right royal bastard (1993), p. 20: "Clarice... the eldest child of Francis (Frank) Remnant, bastard son of Prince Francis of Teck".
External links
Persondata |
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Teck, Francis of |
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Short description |
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Date of birth |
9 January 1870 |
Place of birth |
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Date of death |
22 October 1910 |
Place of death |
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