Lady Helena Gibbs
Lady Helena Cambridge | |
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Born | Princess Helena of Teck 23 October 1899 Grosvenor House, Mayfair, Westminster |
Died | 22 December 1969 Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 70)
Buried | 27 December 1969 St John the Baptist's Church, Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England |
Spouse(s) | John Evelyn Gibbs |
Father | Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge |
Mother | Lady Margaret Grosvenor |
Lady Helena Gibbs (Helena Frances Augusta; 23 October 1899 – 22 December 1969), born Princess Helena of Teck, was a descendant of the British Royal Family, great-great-granddaughter of King George III, and a niece of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V.
During World War I, the British Royal Family and their near relatives (including the House of Teck), relinquished their Germanic titles, and Princess Helena assumed the style Lady Helena Cambridge.[1]
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Early life
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Princess Helena was born at Grosvenor House, Mayfair, Westminster. Her father was Prince Adolphus of Teck (later the 2nd Duke of Teck and after 1917 the 1st Marquess of Cambridge), the eldest son of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.[2] Her mother was Lady Margaret Grosvenor, the third daughter of the 1st Duke of Westminster.[2] As a child of Prince Adolphus of Teck, she was styled Her Serene Highness Princess Helena of Teck at birth.
Lady Helena Cambridge
During World War I, anti-German feeling in the United Kingdom led King George V to change the name of the royal house from the Germanic House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the more English sounding House of Windsor. The King also renounced all his Germanic titles for himself and all members of the British Royal Family who were not residents of other countries, including Helena.
In response to this, Helena's father renounced his title of Duke of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the style His Highness.[2] Adolphus, along with his brother, Prince Alexander of Teck, adopted the name Cambridge, after their grandfather, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge.
He was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Eltham, and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] Helena was entitled to the style of Lady Helena Cambridge as a daughter of a marquess.
Marriage
Lady Helena married Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs (22 December 1879 London-11 October 1932 Tetbury),[2] a veteran of the Boer Wars and World War I and grandson of famed Victorian businessman William Gibbs, on 2 September 1919 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. The couple had no children together. Lady Helena survived her husband by 37 years and died at Badminton House, home of her sister.[1]
Titles from birth to death
- 23 October 1899 – 14 July 1917: Her Serene Highness Princess Helena of Teck
- 14 July 1917 – 7 November 1917: Miss Helena Cambridge
- 7 November 1917 – 2 September 1919: Lady Helena Cambridge
- 2 September 1919 – 22 December 1969: Lady Helena Gibbs
Ancestry
Notes and references
- ^ a b Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain; Magdelaine, F. and B. (1979). ’’L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome II – Anhalt-Lippe-Wurtemberg’’. France: Laballery. pp. 497, 539–540, 547. ISBN 2-901138-02-0.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 289, 291, 293. ISBN 0-220-66222-3