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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone

1874 - 1957

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Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 – 16 January 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany. He was a British Army commander, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Governor General of Canada. Prince Alexander was born in London to Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. In 1904, he married Princess Alice of Albany and rose in the military ranks through his service on the western front of the First World War, receiving numerous honours and decorations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone is the 11,004th most popular politician (down from 10,511th in 2019), the 2,481st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,164th in 2019) and the 385th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 11,004 out of 19,576. Before him are Isaac Komnenos, Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, Olympias II of Epirus, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, and Abigail Fillmore. After him are Sigismund Rákóczi, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, P. Chidambaram, Yaqub-Har, Asakura Yoshikage, and Pavel Dybenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 111. Before him are Constantin Ion Parhon, Bill Holland, Ephraim Moses Lilien, Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov, Pierre Souvestre, and Rudolf Maister. After him are Jirō Minami, Laura Montoya, Bahaeddin Şakir, Fernand Bouisson, Francis Lane, and Frank Elmore Ross. Among people deceased in 1957, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 116. Before him are José Linhares, Grace Coolidge, Kiyoshi Shiga, Maurice McLoughlin, Bertha Krupp, and Marija Jurić Zagorka. After him are Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Avetik Isahakyan, Paja Jovanović, Josephine Hull, Oldřich Duras, and Charles Pathé.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 2,482 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Colston (1636), Shakin' Stevens (1948), John Illsley (1949), William Hudson (1730), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), and Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878). After him are Venetia Burney (1918), Barbara Castle (1910), Tommy Lawrence (1940), Andrew Moray (1265), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), and Ken Annakin (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone ranks 385. Before him are Mark of Cornwall (480), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Tessa Jowell (1947), and Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878). After him are Barbara Castle (1910), Andrew Moray (1265), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Sadiq Khan (1970), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), and Joseph Lancaster (1778).

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