What was the noble title of George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge from Oct 1895 to 1917?
George Cambridge , 2nd Marquess of Cambridge George Francis Hugh Cambridge , 2nd Marquess of Cambridge , ( 11 October 1895 – 16 April 1981 ) , known as Prince George of Teck until 1917 and as Earl of Eltham from 1917 to 1927 , was a relative of the British Royal Family , a great-great-grandson of King George III and nephew of Queen Mary , the consort of King George V . He was also nephew to the 1st Earl of Athlone . He was the elder son of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge , formerly the Duke of Teck , and his wife , the former Lady Margaret Grosvenor . Early life . Born at Grosvenor House , the home of his maternal grandfather , the 1st Duke of Westminster , he was styled His Serene Highness Prince George of Teck from birth . On his fathers side , he was descended from King George III and—morganatically—from the Royal House of Württemberg . In June 1917 , at the request of George V , his father relinquished the titles , styles , and designations , Highness , Duke of Teck and of Teck in the Kingdom of Württemberg and the German Empire , and assumed the surname Cambridge by Royal Licence and Warrant . The former Duke of Teck was subsequently created Marquess of Cambridge , Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Prince George became George Cambridge and was styled Earl of Eltham as a courtesy title . He succeeded his father as 2nd Marquess of Cambridge on 24 October 1927 . He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in June 1927 and was promoted to Knight Grand Cross in June 1935 . Education and career . Prince George of Teck was educated at Eton College and then at Magdalen College , Oxford . He joined the Reserve Regiment of the 1st Life Guards during World War I and served as an aide-de-camp on the Personal Staff in 1918–1919 . In the inter-war years , he served with the Territorial Army as a lieutenant in the Shropshire Yeomanry from 1921 , then as captain in the 16th Battalion , London Regiment from 1929 to 1932 . At the outbreak of World War II he mobilised as Captain with the Royal Army Service Corps and served in France , rising to rank of Major . In 1929 , he became a director of Coutts & Company , a banking firm . This made him the second member of the British royal family ( albeit , a very minor one ) to pursue a career in the City of London . He remained with the firm until his retirement in 1951 . Personal life . On 10 April 1923 , he married Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings ( 18 May 1899 Cirencester – 1 April 1988 ) , daughter of The Hon . Osmund William Toone Westenra Hastings , who was a younger son of the 13th Earl of Huntingdon . The couple had one child , Lady Mary Cambridge ( 24 September 1924 – 13 December 1999 ) . Lord and Lady Cambridge regularly attended major royal occasions , although they did not carry out royal duties . Lord Cambridge participated in the coronations of George V , George VI , and Elizabeth II . For many years he served as Royal Trustee of the British Museum . Lord Cambridge died on 16 April 1981 in Little Abington , and was buried in the Royal Burial Ground , Frogmore . His peerages became extinct . His brother , Lord Frederick Cambridge , had died while fighting in Belgium during World War II .