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16 unusual facts about Mary of Teck


Badminton, Gloucestershire

The village of Badminton played host to the Dowager Queen Mary during the Second World War, who was evacuated from Marlborough House in London to take up residence at Badminton House for the duration of the war.

Charles Brunsdon Fletcher

When King George V and Queen Mary were crowned in 1911 he was a member of the Australian delegation and represented the Herald at the fourth Imperial Press Conference in London in 1930.

Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

In 1890, William brought his new wife to England, where the Duchess of York commented, "We liked Charlotte very much, she is a good honest soul tho' rather too brusque, she seems to get on well with all the members of the Württemberg family which denotes great tact".

Clewer Mill Stream

In the 1920s Clewer Mill House was the home of a Mrs Moscockle who used to dress like Queen Mary and wave regally to pedestrians from her Rolls-Royce as she was driven around Windsor.

Kate Sharpley

At the age of 22, when called to receive her family's medals from Queen Mary (wife of George V) she threw the medals back at her, saying "if you like them so much you can have them".

King George V Graving Dock

It was formally opened by HM King George V and Queen Mary on 26 July 1933 although the final construction work was only complete the following year.

Malaudh

Sardar Badan Singh was an invitee to the Delhi Coronation Durbar held in December 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India and received Delhi Durbar Medal 1911.

Mary Elizabeth Lease

She was called "Queen Mary" (after the British Queen consort, Mary of Teck), "Mother Lease" by her supporters and "Mary Yellin" by her enemies.

Mount Queen Mary

The mountain was named in 1935, along with the nearby (6 km away) Mount King George, for George V’s and Queen Mary's silver jubilee, or 25 years of rule.

Queen Mary

Mary of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of the United Kingdom, the wife of George V of the United Kingdom, and the mother of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom and George VI of the United Kingdom

Queen Mary Road

This road was named in 1910 in honour of Mary of Teck who became Queen consort on May 6, 1910 when her husband, George V, became King of the United Kingdom.

Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya

One tree with a significant history is the Cannonball Tree planted by King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary in 1901.

Sherwood railway station

On 10 July 1928 King George V and Queen Mary visited the park and 17,000 school children travelled to the event on the NSR to Sherwood Station (which had been re-opened for the event).

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

Their time in purgatory eventually comes to an end when Berkeley Square is bombed during an air raid and Queen Mary comes to visit the damaged properties, allowing the pair finally to take their place in the afterlife.

William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Maria Anna Wilhelmine (1655–1701), married Ferdinand August, Prince of Lobkowicz, whose granddaughter was Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis, whose great-great-great-granddaughter in turn was Queen Mary of Great Britain.

Withdrawn Canadian banknotes

The note was coloured an appropriate royal purple; both the King & his consort Queen Mary were featured, with Windsor Castle appearing on the back.


Alfred Gelder

This followed the visit to Hull during May 1903, when Gelder was Mayor of the city, by the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Princess of Wales to unveil a memorial statue of Queen Victoria, a commemoration tablet at the Royal Infirmary and to lay the foundation stone of the new City Hall.

Arighi Bianchi

In the early 20th century, the store supplied furniture to Marlborough House and Sandringham House, by royal appointment of Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary.

George FitzGeorge

Colonel George William Adolphus FitzGeorge (24 August 1843 London - 2 September 1907 Lucerne) was a great-grandson of King George III of the United Kingdom and first cousin to Queen Mary, being the eldest of the three sons of the 2nd Duke of Cambridge and Louisa Fairbrother (the other sons were Admiral Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge and Colonel Sir Augustus FitzGeorge).

Lady Constance Gaskell

Lady Constance Harriet Stuart Gaskell née Knox DCVO (21 April 1885 – 29 April 1964) was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary from 1937–53 and Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent from 1953–60.

Levirate marriage

Upon the death of Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, his fiancee Mary of Teck married his younger brother, the future George V.

Margaret Lindsay Williams

She is best known as a portrait painter and was commissioned to paint portraits of Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, at least five portraits of the present Queen Elizabeth II, President Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and Field Marshal Slim.

Mildred Anne Butler

Butler continuously exhibited there throughout her career and proved herself to be a keen business woman capable of marketing her watercolours successfully with patrons such as Queen Mary of Teck and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse.

Nellie Stewart

When the Duke and Duchess of York came to Australia to open the first federal parliament, Stewart sang the ode "Australia" at the beginning of the musical programme.

Regent Street

The work was delayed by the Great War and it was not until 1927 that the completion was celebrated, with King George V and Queen Mary driving in state along its length.

Robert Stanley Weir

The first evidence of O Canada being sung in English Canada was when school children sang it for the 1901 tour of Canada by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later King George V and Queen Mary).

Teck

The most famous of the Teck family is considered to be Duke Francis's daughter, Mary of Teck, Queen consort to King George V of the United Kingdom and Empress of India.