Prince
Francis
Joseph Leopold Frederick
"Frank"
Teck
Born in Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander Charles Louis (Württemberg) von Teck
and Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth (Hannover) Württemberg
Brother of
Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes (Württemberg) Windsor, Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge GCB and Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George (Teck) Cambridge
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 40
in Balmoral Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2011
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Biography
British Royalty. Born His Serene Highness, Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick Prinz von Teck in Kensington Palace, London, the son of Franz Paul Karl Ludvig Alexander Herzog von Teck and Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth Hanover, Princess of Cambridge and a younger brother of Mary who would become Queen Consort Mary of the United Kingdom. He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and in 1889 was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers. Within a few months he transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and by 1890 to the 1st Royal Dragoons serving in India, the Middle East, and South Africa. In 1897 – 1898 he served in Nile Expedition. He was decorated with the Companion, Distinguished Service Order. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order. He retired from active service in 1900 at the rank of Major. He died ten years later in London at age 40. [1]
His will was sealed after his death, to prevent scandal, as a consequence of an affair with society beauty Ellen Constance, wife of Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey, to whom he allegedly bequeathed the Cambridge emeralds.
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Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 18 January 2020), memorial page for Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick Teck (9 Jan 1870–22 Oct 1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #6137146, citing Royal Burial Ground, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
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