Marquess of Cambridge
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Marquess of Cambridge was a title that was created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
| Marquessate of Cambridge | |
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  Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th grand-quarters, quarterly, I & IV, Gules, three Lions passant guardant, armed and langued Azure (England); II, Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, within a Double-Tressure flory counter-flory Gules (Scotland); III, Azure, a Harp Or, stringed Argent (Ireland); over all an Inescutcheon tiercé reversed i, Gules, two Lions passant guardant Or, armed and langued Azure; ii, Or, semée of Hearts Gules, a Lion rampant Azure; iii, Gules, a Horse courant Argent; the whole differenced by a Label of three-points Argent, the centre charged with a Cross Gules, and the outer with two Hearts Gules: 2nd and 3rd grand-quarters, Or, three Stag’s Attires fesswise in pale, the points of each attire to the sinister Sable (Württemberg), Impaling Or, three Lions passant in pale Sable, langued Gules, the sinister Forepaws Gules (Swabia), over all an Inescutcheon lozengy bendy sinister Sable and Or (Teck). Crest: A Dog’s Head and Neck lozengy bendy sinister Sable and Or, langued Gules. Supporters: Dexter: A Lion Sable, the dexter forepaw Gules. Sinister: A Stag proper. | |
| Creation date | 16 July 1917 |
| Creation | Second |
| Created by | King George V |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge |
| Last holder | George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge |
| Remainder to | The 1st Marquess’s heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Earl of Eltham Viscount Northallerton |
| Status | Extinct |
| Extinction date | 16 April 1981 |
| Motto | FIDES ET FIDELIS (Fearless and faithful) |
The first creation was for Prince George Augustus in 1706, when he was created Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton and Baron of Tewkesbury. He succeeded to the Dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay on his father's accession to the throne on 1 August 1714. His titles merged with the Crown when he succeeded to the throne as King George II in 1727.
The second creation (along with the subsidiary titles Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton) was in 1917 for Adolphus, Duke of Teck, brother of Queen Mary and brother-in-law of King George V, when he gave up his German titles and took the surname "Cambridge".[1] Adolphus Cambridge was a grandson of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge through his daughter Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.
Upon the death of the second Marquess without any male heirs, the marquessate became extinct.