Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

Victoria Constance Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort C.St.J. (née Princess Mary of Teck and later Lady Mary Cambridge; 12 June 1897 – 23 June 1987) was the elder daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge and Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor.

Not to be confused with Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1630–1715).

Her Grace The Duchess of Beaufort C.St.J.
Born	Princess Mary of Teck (1897-06-12)12 June 1897 White Lodge, Richmond Park, London, England
Died	23 June 1987(1987-06-23) (aged 90); Badminton House, Gloucestershire, England
Burial place	St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton, Gloucestershire
Spouse(s)	Henry Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort ​ ( m. 1923; died 1984)
Parent(s)	Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge Lady Margaret Evelyn Grosvenor

Biography

Princess Mary was born at White Lodge, Richmond Park. She was baptised with the name Mary of Teck and in 1917 her name was legally changed to Lady Mary Cambridge when her father renounced all his German titles following the outbreak of World War I.

She was a bridesmaid, as Lady Mary Cambridge, at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York, and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 3 May 1923.[1]

She married Henry, Marquess of Worcester, later the 10th Duke of Beaufort, on 14 June 1923 in London, and became Marchioness of Worcester and later the Duchess of Beaufort when Lord Worcester's father died in 1924.

They had no issue.

Mary was invested as a Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (C.St.J.). She died in 1987, aged 90 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, and is buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton.

Titles and styles

• 12 June 1897 – 1917: Her Serene Highness Princess Mary of Teck
• 1917 – 14 June 1923: Lady Mary Cambridge
• 14 June 1923 – 24 November 1924: Marchioness of Worcester
• 24 November 1924 – 5 February 1984: Her Grace The Duchess of Beaufort
• 5 February 1984 – 23 June 1987: Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort

Ancestry

Ancestors of Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort

8. Duke Alexander of Württemberg 4. Francis, Duke of Teck 9. Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde 2. Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge 10. Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge 5. Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge 11. Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel 1. Lady Mary Cambridge 12. Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster 6. Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster 13. Lady Elizabeth Leveson-Gower 3. Lady Margaret Grosvenor 14. George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 7. Lady Constance Leveson-Gower 15. Lady Harriet Howard

References

1. "The Queen Mother in pictures - The royal wedding group photograph". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2018.