Queen Mary … Of TeckAge: 851867–1953
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- Queen Mary … Of Teck
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- Mary
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- Queen
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| Birth | 26 May 1867 30 34 Kensington, Palace, London, England |
| Australian History | 1867 Note: Gold is discovered at Gympie, Queensland. Note: Saint Mary MacKillop founds Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. |
| Birth of a brother | 1868 (Age 7 months)
younger brother -
Adolphus 2Nd … Duke Of Teck
|
| Australian History | 1868 (Age 7 months) Note: The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases. |
| Australian History | 1869 (Age 19 months) Note: Children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are removed from their families by Australian and State government agencies. |
| Birth of a brother | 1870 (Age 2)
younger brother -
Francis … Prince
|
| Australian History | 1872 (Age 4) Note: Overland Telegraph Line linking Darwin and Adelaide opens. |
| Australian History | 1873 (Age 5) Note: Uluru is first sighted by Europeans, and named Ayers Rock. |
| Birth of a brother | 1874 (Age 6)
younger brother -
Alexander George … Of Teck Earl Of Athlone
|
| Australian History | 1875 (Age 7) Note: SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off North Queensland and sinks with the loss of approximately 102 lives. Note: Adelaide Steamship Company is formed. |
| Australian History | 1878 (Age 10) Note: First horse-drawn trams in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1879 (Age 11) Note: The first congress of trade unions is held. |
| Australian History | 1880 (Age 12) Note: The bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. Note: Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work. |
| Australian History | 1882 (Age 14) Note: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commenced operations in Adelaide. |
| Australian History | 1883 (Age 15) Note: The opening of the Sydney-Melbourne railway Note: Silver is discovered at Broken Hill |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 1885 (Age 17)
paternal grandfather -
Duke Alexander … Of Wurttemberg
|
| Australian History | 1887 (Age 19) Note: An Australian cricket team is established, defeating England in the first Ashes series. First direct Inter-colonial passenger trains begin running between Adelaide and Melbourne. |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1889 (Age 21)
maternal grandmother -
Princess Augusta … Of Hesse-Cassel
|
| Australian History | 1889 (Age 21) Note: The completion of the railway network between Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Note: Sir Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration. |
| Australian History | 1890 (Age 22) Note: The Australian Federation Conference calls a constitutional convention. |
| Australian History | 1891 (Age 23) Note: A National Australasian Convention meets, agrees on adopting the name 'the Commonwealth of Australia' and drafting a constitution. Note: The first attempt at a federal constitution is drafted. Note: The Convention adopts the constitution, although it has no legal status Note: A severe depression hits Australia |
| Australian History | 1892 (Age 24) Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia. |
| Marriage | George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family 6 July 1893 (Age 26) Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England |
| Australian History | 1893 (Age 25) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony. |
| Birth of a son #1 | 23 June 1894 (Age 27) White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England |
| Australian History | 1894 (Age 26) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office. |
| Birth of a son #2 | 14 December 1895 (Age 28) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1895 (Age 27) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River |
| Australian History | 1896 (Age 28) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | 25 April 1897 (Age 29) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
daughter -
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
|
| Death of a mother | 1897 (Age 29)
mother -
Mary Adelaide …
|
| Australian History | 1897 (Age 29) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 30) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 31) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a son #4 | 31 March 1900 (Age 32) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Death of a father | 1900 (Age 32)
father -
Francis … Duke Of Teck
|
| Australian History | 1900 (Age 32) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 33) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Birth of a son #5 | 20 December 1902 (Age 35) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1902 (Age 34) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 35) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 36) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a son #6 | 12 July 1905 (Age 38) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1906 (Age 38) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 40) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 41) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a brother | 1910 (Age 42)
younger brother -
Francis … Prince
|
| Australian History | 1910 (Age 42) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 43) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 44) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 45) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 45) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 46) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 47) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 48) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 49) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 50) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Death of a son | 18 January 1919 (Age 51) Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1919 (Age 51) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 52) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 53) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage of a daughter | Mary Windsor Princess Royal - View family 28 February 1922 (Age 54) Westminster, Abbey, London, England
son-in-law -
Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount
daughter -
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
|
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 54) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1923 (Age 55)
grandson -
Viscount George Lascelles Earl Of Harewood
|
| Marriage of a son | Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor - View family 26 April 1923 (Age 55)
daughter-in-law -
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Lady
|
| Australian History | 1923 (Age 55) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1924 (Age 56)
grandson -
Gerald Lascelles Hon.
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| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | 21 April 1926 (Age 58) 17 Bruton St., London, England, W1, England
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 58) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Death of a brother | 1927 (Age 59)
younger brother -
Adolphus 2Nd … Duke Of Teck
|
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 59) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 60) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 61) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | 21 August 1930 (Age 63) Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
granddaughter -
Margaret Rose Windsor Princess
|
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 62) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 63) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 64) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 65) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Marriage of a son | George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent - View family 29 November 1934 (Age 67) Westminster, Abbey, London, England
daughter-in-law -
Princess Marina … Of Greece
|
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 9 September 1935 (Age 68) 3 Belgrave Sq., England
grandson -
Edward George Nicholas Windsor Duke Of Kent
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| Marriage of a son | Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke - View family 6 November 1935 (Age 68) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
daughter-in-law -
Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas Lady
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| Death of a husband | 20 January 1936 (Age 68) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
husband -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
|
| Burial of a husband | 28 January 1936 (Age 68) Windsor Castle, St. George Chap., Berkshire, England
husband -
George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor
|
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | 25 December 1936 (Age 69)
granddaughter -
Alexandra Windsor Princess
|
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 68) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Marriage of a son | Edward VIII Windsor Duke Of Windsor - View family 3 June 1937 (Age 70) Chateau DE Cande, Monts, France
daughter-in-law -
Bessiewallis Warfield
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| Australian History | 1937 (Age 69) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 70) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 71) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 72) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | 18 December 1941 (Age 74) Hadley Common, Hertfordshire, England
grandson -
William Henry Andrew Windsor Prince
|
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 73) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | 4 July 1942 (Age 75) Coppins, England
grandson -
Prince Michael Windsor
|
| Death of a son | 25 August 1942 (Age 75) Morven, Scotland |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 74) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Christening of a grandson | 22 February 1942 (Age 74) Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
grandson -
William Henry Andrew Windsor Prince
|
| Australian History | 1943 (Age 75) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | 26 August 1944 (Age 77) Hadley Common, Hertfordshire, England
grandson -
Prince Richard Alexander Walter Windsor
|
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 76) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Christening of a grandson | 20 October 1944 (Age 77) Private Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
grandson -
Prince Richard Alexander Walter Windsor
|
| Australian History | 1945 (Age 77) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Australian History | 1946 (Age 78) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Marriage of a granddaughter | Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor - View family 20 November 1947 (Age 80) Westminster, Abbey, London, England
granddaughter's husband -
Philip Mountbatten
granddaughter -
Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor
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| Australian History | 1948 (Age 80) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Marriage of a grandson | Viscount George Lascelles Earl Of Harewood - View family 1949 (Age 81)
grandson -
Viscount George Lascelles Earl Of Harewood
grandson's wife -
Countess Marion Donata Stein
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| Australian History | 1949 (Age 81) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Australian History | 1950 (Age 82) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Australian History | 1951 (Age 83) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Marriage of a grandson | Gerald Lascelles Hon. - View family 1952 (Age 84)
grandson -
Gerald Lascelles Hon.
grandson's wife -
Angela Dowding
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| Death of a son | 6 February 1952 (Age 84) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Burial of a son | 11 March 1952 (Age 84) St. George Chap., Windsor, England |
| Australian History | 1952 (Age 84) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Death | 24 March 1953 (Age 85) Marlborough Hse, London, England |
| Burial | 31 March 1953 (7 days after death) St. George's, Chapel, Windsor Castle, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Francis … Duke Of Teck
Birth 1837 33 23 Death 1900 (Age 63) |
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-4 years mother |
Mary Adelaide …
Birth 1833 59 36 Death 1897 (Age 64) |
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Marriage: yes |
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| #1 herself |
Queen Mary … Of Teck
Birth 26 May 1867 30 34 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 24 March 1953 (Age 85) Marlborough Hse, London, England |
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7 months #2 younger brother |
Adolphus 2Nd … Duke Of Teck
Birth 1868 31 35 Death 1927 (Age 59) |
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2 years #3 younger brother |
Francis … Prince
Birth 1870 33 37 Death 1910 (Age 40) |
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4 years #4 younger brother |
Alexander George … Of Teck Earl Of Athlone
Birth 1874 37 41 Death 1957 (Age 83) |
| Family with George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor - View family |
| husband |
Birth 3 June 1865 23 20 Marlborough Hse, London, England Death 20 January 1936 (Age 70) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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2 years herself |
Queen Mary … Of Teck
Birth 26 May 1867 30 34 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 24 March 1953 (Age 85) Marlborough Hse, London, England |
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Marriage: 6 July 1893 — Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England |
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1 year #1 son |
Birth 23 June 1894 29 27 White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England Death 28 May 1972 (Age 77) Paris, France |
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18 months #2 son |
Birth 14 December 1895 30 28 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 6 February 1952 (Age 56) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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16 months #3 daughter |
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
Birth 25 April 1897 31 29 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 28 March 1965 (Age 67) Harewood House, Yorkshire, England |
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3 years #4 son |
Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke
Birth 31 March 1900 34 32 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 1974 (Age 73) |
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3 years #5 son |
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
Birth 20 December 1902 37 35 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 25 August 1942 (Age 39) Morven, Scotland |
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3 years #6 son |
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
Birth 12 July 1905 40 38 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 18 January 1919 (Age 13) Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England |