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• Cambridge, Adolphus    b. August 13, 1868  d. October 24, 1927
  British Nobility, Duke of Teck, 1st Marquess of Cambridge. He was born His Serene Highness Prince Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus of Teck, the eldest son of Prince Francis of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, and younger brother of Mary of Teck, who became Queen Mary. Due to his abnormally long string of names, he was commonly called "Dolly" by his family. Educated at Wellington College, he then attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• Cambridge, Dorothy    b. May 18, 1899  d. April 1, 1988
  British Aristocracy. Born Dorothy Isabel Westenra Hastings, the daughter of the Honorable Osmund William Toone Westenra Hastings and Mary Caroline Campbell Tarrett in Cirencester, Goucestershire, England. In April 1923 she married Sir George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge. The couple had one daughter. On the death of the marquess in 1981, she maintained dower rights but without a male heir, his titles became extinct. She passed away seven years later and was interred within...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• Cambridge, George   b. October 11, 1895  d. April 16, 1981
  British Aristocracy. Marquess of Cambridge. Born His Serene Highness Prince George Francis Hugh von Teck at Grosvenor House, London, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Adolphus Charles Cambridge, Duke of Teck and Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor. He Attended Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford University. During World War I, the British royal family dropped all Germanic titles and the Duke relinquished the title Duke of Teck, legally changing the family surname to Cambridge by Royal License. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• Cambridge, Mary Adelaide Of   b. November 27, 1833  d. October 27, 1897
  British Nobility. Younger daughter of Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Cassel, she was born Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth Guelph. She was ceaselessly popular with the public, and nicknamed Fat Mary for her very wide girth, prompting her first cousin, Queen Victoria to comment "The mob likes fat people". Mary had extravagent tastes in food, clothes, and jewels, and was the first of the royal family to patronize many charities...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Royal Vault
   
• Charles I    b. November 19, 1600  d. January 30, 1649
  English Monarch. Born in Fife, he was the second son of King James VI of Scotland (James I of England) and Anne of Denmark. He became heir to the throne upon the death of his older brother Henry in 1612. He succeeded his father in 1625, and on May 1 of that year was married to Princess Henrietta Maria of France by proxy. They were married at Canterbury on June 13, 1625. Charles was crowned at Westminster Abbey on February 2, 1626 without his Roman Catholic queen at his side. Dispute and...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  Cause of death: Beheaded
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Quire
   
• Charlotte Augusta    b. January 7, 1796  d. November 6, 1817
  British Royalty. Born Charlotte Augusta, the only child of the loveless marriage between the Prince of Wales (later George IV) and Caroline of Brunswick. Her young life was filled with the disrespect her parents held for each other, and they constantly quarreled. As a result she grew up very rebellious, and didn‘t have good manners. At an early point in her life her father separated her from her mother and she grew up under his influence, and that of her uncles. Her rebellious nature did not...[Read More] (Bio by: Alexis)
  Cause of death: Died in childbirth
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Royal Vault
   
• Christian of Schleswig-Holstein    b. January 22, 1831  d. October 28, 1917
  European Royalty. Born Frederick Christian Charles Augustus in Augustenborg, Denmark, the second son of Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg House of Oldenburg, and his wife, Louise of Danneskjold-Samsøe. In September 1865, he met the British Princess, Helena, a daughter of HRM Victoria and Prince Albert. The couple became engaged in December of that year. They married at the Private Chapel at Windsor Castle on July 5, 1866. The couple would have six children...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• Clinton, Sir. Henry    b. April 16, 1730  d. December 23, 1795
  British Army General. He served as Commander in Chief of the British Army.
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Windsor Castle
   
• Constance of York  b. 1374  d. November 29, 1416
  English Nobility. Baroness le Despencer and Countess of Gloucester. She is notable for her failed plot to depose King Henry IV. Constance was born in Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, the daughter of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. In 1379 she was married to Thomas le Despenser, later the 1st Earl of Gloucester; both were around five years old at the time. They eventually had three children. [Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Reading Abbey (Ruins), Reading, Berkshire, England
  Plot: In front of the high altar; tomb no longer exists
   
• Dors, Diana    b. October 23, 1931  d. May 4, 1984
  Actress. One of her generation's "blonde bombshells", she was a pinup model, sometimes singer, and film actress with over 100 credits whose full ability was probably not realized due to her relegation to sex-kitten status. Born Diana Mary Fluck, she was educated at Colville House, Swindon, and was expressing her theatrical ambitions as early as eight; Diana entertained British troops during World War II and studied at London's Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts before making her silver screen...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Cause of death: Ovarian cancer
  Sunningdale Catholic Cemetery, Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
  GPS coordinates: 51.4022903, -0.6318400 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Edward IV, King   b. April 28, 1442  d. April 9, 1483
  English Royalty. King of England from March 4, 1461, until October 3, 1470, and from April 11, 1471, until his death on April 9, 1483.
  Born the son of Richard, Duke of York, a leading claimant to the throne, and Cicely Neville at Rouen, France. As Henry VI became increasingly less effective, the Duke pressed the claim of the York line for the throne. He was killed in 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield, and Edward succeded him. Edward deposed his cousin Henry VI in 1461. The Earl of Warwick...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Altar
   
• Edward VII (Wettin) (Albert)    b. November 9, 1841  d. May 6, 1910
  British Monarch. He reigned as King of Great Britain, Ireland and Emperor of India from 1901 to 1910. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, he was born in London at Buckingham Palace in 1841. He was educated privately and at Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge, and married Princess Alexandra, daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark in 1863. Together they had six children. As Prince of Wales, Edward VII's behavior led him into several social scandals and even after the death of his...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
  Cause of death: Heart attack following chronic bronchitis
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Altar
   
• Edward VIII    b. June 23, 1894  d. May 28, 1972
  British Monarch. The King of England who abdicated to marry a divorced American. He was never crowned and his reign lasted only 325 days. Edward was born at White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England the first in a family of Six to The Duke and Duchess of York, the future king of England. A younger brother, Prince John, was mentally challenged, and was kept out of public view until his death as a teenager. He attended all...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Buried next to Wallis, Duchess of Windsor behind Frogmore Mausoleum
   
• Fitzgibbon, James    b. November 16, 1780  d. December 10, 1863
  British Army Officer. A native of Giln, County Limerick, Ireland, he gained fame as a hero of the War of 1812. At the age of 15 he joined the Knight of Glin’s Yeomanry Corps, and at the age of 18, the Tarbert Infantry Fencibles. In 1799 he fought in the Battle of Egmond aan Zee, Holland, and the Battle of Copenhagen, Denmark, for which he won the distinguished Naval General Service Medal for bravery. In 1802 he was made a marine, in 1806 a Sergeant, and finally in 1809 a Lieutenant. In 1802, he...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• Forshaw, William Thomas    b. April 20, 1890  d. May 26, 1943
  British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. Forshaw served as a Major in the 119th Battalion of The Manchester Regiment. He was awarded his medal for service at Gallipoli on August 7-9, 1915. (Bio by: K)
  Touchen End Cemetery, Bray, Berkshire, England
   
• Fox, Malcolm   b. 1946  d. 1997
  Composer. He received his musical education at the Royal College of Music where he received a diploma in piano performance and teaching and a master's degree in music. He went on to obtain an honours degree in music from the University of London and study composition under many leading composers, including Tristram Cary, Alexander Goehr, Humphrey Searle and Gordon Jacob. In 1972 he became Director of Music at London's Cockpit Theatre, where he was responsible for a contemporary performance...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
  Windsor Cemetery, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Cremated, memorial plaque in garden of rest.
   
• Frederick, Prince Adolphus   b. February 24, 1774  d. July 8, 1850
  British Royalty. Born Adolphus Frederick Hanover at Buckingham Palace, London, the seventh son of George III, King of Great Britain and Sophie Charlotte Herzogin von Meckleburg-Sterlitz. He was educated at Kew and the University of Göttingen, Germany. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter in June 1786 and gained the rank of Colonel in 1793 in the service of the Hanoverian Army. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1798. He was created 1st Duke of Cambridge, 1st Baron of Culloden...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Royal Vault
   
• George, Prince    b. December 20, 1902  d. August 25, 1942
  British Royalty. Born George Edward Alexander Edmund Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England, the fourth son of George V and Mary von Teck. In 1917 during the height of anti-German sentiment in WWI Britain, his name was legally changed to George Edward Alexander Edmund Windsor. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter in 1923; as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order in 1924; earned the rank of Lieutenant in 1926 in the Royal Navy, but was invalided...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Royal Burial Grounds at Frogmore, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Behind Frogmore Mausoleum
   
• George II [cenotaph]   b. November 10, 1683  d. October 25, 1760
  British Monarch. Born George Augustus Guelph in what was at the time the Electorate of Hanover, he was the only son of George Louis, Prince of Brunswick-Luneburg (later King George I) and Sophia of Celle. He married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach on August 27, 1705, and upon the death of his father George I, he acceeded to the throne of Great Britain in 1727, and was crowned on October 11. George II had three great passions in life - the military, music, and his wife. Although often...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
   
• George III    b. June 4, 1738  d. January 29, 1820
  British monarch. Born George William Frederick at Norfolk house, he was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. His father had a very poor relationship with his father George II, and young George was kept away from court, even after the death of the prince of Wales left him as heir apparent. George inherited the throne upon the death of his grandfather in 1760. He married the German princess Charlotte of Mecklinburg-Strelitz at the Chapel Royal on September 8, 1761 and...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Plot: Royal Vault
   

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