Re: The Marchioness of Cambridge in Teck Jewels?? Archived Message
Posted by Helen on May 4, 2015, 12:05 am, in reply to "Re: The Marchioness of Cambridge in Teck Jewels??"
According to Roberts the jewels of the Duchess of Teck were divided at the time of her death & the Teck tiara with crescents as well as the circle-motif necklace went to her eldest son, Adolphus (whose wife is pictured above with them in 1911). The second son, Frank got her emeralds and Queen Mary went to great lengths to get them back after his death as he had given them to his mistress! The third Teck son married Princess Alice (later Earl & Countess of Athlone) & she was later photographed in the Teck wheat ears tiara as well as one of the Duchess of Teck's stomachers. I think that after the death of Adolphus,2nd Duke of Teck (later Marquess of Cambridge) in 1927 & his wife's death in 1929, their son did a deal with Queen Mary as the circle tiara & necklace was next seen on Queen Elizabeth in 1939 - in Canada. If you look at photographs of Dorothy,2nd Marchioness of Cambridge she wore the same star motif tiara for both coronations in 1937 & 1953 and seems to have "made do" with that tiara & the sunburst brooch as her main jewels. Roberts states that today Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall has the crescent tiara on loan & that Lord Linley owns the circle necklace. In Robert Golden's book The Golden Book of Royalty he has a photo of wedding of Adolphus of Teck & Margaret Grosvenor in 1894 & she is wearing the 5 row diamond choker. It looks as if this was retained by her descendants as her daughter-in-law seems to have it as a bracelet in the 1953 photo
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