Teck Prince (4 results)

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. B/W Illus (illustrator). 1st. 5 full pages with many photos, including full page portraits of both the Prince and the Princess, and the story of the wedding with sketches of the wedding party and gowns.lite stamp on one page; [image shows only 1st page of item] Size: 11" x 16.5".

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Letter by Prince Francis of Teck to Sir William Carington. Undated. A letter discussing the Kings matters, his financial situation with regards to a tournament and about a committee meeting. Prince Francis of Teck, 1870-1910 was the younger brother of the British queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V. Sir William Henry Peregrine Carington 1845-1914 was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1883. Carington was a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1882. He was acting Master of the Buckhounds from 1883 to 1884, Equerry to Queen Victoria from 1881 to 1901 and an Extra Equerry to King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. He also served as Comptroller and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales (later King George V) from 1901. Size is 178mm x 114mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Light age toning. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17706. Signed by Author(s).

Villa Nevada, Cannes, 24 February 1904. Major-General Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (born Prince Alexander of Teck; 1874-1957). Prince Alexander of Teck was the fourth child and third son of Prince Francis, Duke of Teck, and Princess Mary, Duchess of Teck. Although his mother was a granddaughter of King George III and cousin to Queen Victoria, Athlone, as the son of a prince of Teck, in Württemberg, was styled from birth as His Serene Highness and held the title Prince Alexander of Teck. He served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the country's fourth, and as Governor General of Canada, the 16th since that country's confederation.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Royal Dragoons Headed Letter Written by Prince Francis of Teck. Letter dated 1892. The letter is in the third person but thanks the Officers of the Royal Artillery for their kind invitation but regrets as he is away from Aldershot so is unable to attend. Prince Francis of Teck, (Francis Joseph Leopold Frederick) 1870-1910 was the younger brother of the British queen Mary of Teck, wife of King George V. Provenance: From the family of autograph collector Emily Mary Rose Lee (1869-1949), wife of Colonel William Crawford Walton (1864-1937). Emily was the daughter of William Lee, Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow from 1874 to 1886, and granddaughter of John Lee (1779-1859), Principal of Edinburgh University from 1840 to 1859. Size is 180mm x 115mm. Condition is average. Light folding creases. Foxing to paper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17163. Signed by Author(s).