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  Princess Alice of Albany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone GCVO GBE VA (née Princess Alice of Albany) (25 February 1883–3 January 1981), was a member of the British Royal Family, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
Princess Alice of Albany served as the Vice Regal Consort of Canada, the spouse of the Canadian Governor-General from 1940-1946.
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone remains the longest-lived British princess of the blood royal and the oldest surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Alice_of_Albany,_Countess_of_Athlone   (655 words)

  
 Athlone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princess Alice of Albany, afterwards Duchess of Athlone (Brigitte; worldroots.clicktorn.com)
Unfortunately, Princess Alice had inherited the haemophilia gene from her father and she was a carrier; her son Rupert was haemophiliac and problably Maurice was too, altough it is uncertain since he died six months after his birth.
Lord Athlone was appointed Governor General of South Africa and in 1939.
www.geocities.com /jesusib/Athlone.html   (424 words)

  
 My Family
Alexander George of Teck (Earl of Athlone) was born in 1874.
Alice was born on 12 Mar 1279 in Woodstock.
Alice of Athlone (Princess) was born in 1883.
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 November_1999
Standing in Brantridge Forest, it was the seat of the Earl of Athlone, and his wife, HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
The Earl of Athlone, though born a scion of the Württemberg royal family, was from a family settled in the United Kingdom.
Athlone, made an earl in 1917 when he renounced his German titles, was Governor-General of South Africa 1923-31.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His daughter, Alice of Athlone, was a carrier and had one hemophilic son (Rupert) and two other children, a boy and a girl.
Alice's daughter Irene, a carrier, married her first cousin, Prince Henry of Prussia, and gave birth to two hemophilic sons.
Attempts were made to conceal the fact that the disease had shown itself in the German royal family, but, at the age of four, Waldemar, the youngest of the princes, bled to death.
www.knowledgene.com /public/view.php3?db=gene_school&uid=35   (881 words)

  
 woodgate - pafg57 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Alexander George of Teck Earl of Athlone [Parents] was born in 1874.
Alice of Athlone Princess [Parents] was born in 1883.
Alexander of Hesse and the Rhine Prince [Parents] was born in 1823.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~woodgate/pafg57.htm   (487 words)

  
 CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Governor General: Former Governors General: Athlone
Princess Alice was Honorary Commandant of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service, Honorary Air Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Force (Women's Division) and president of the nursing division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
Among the house guests were Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway, Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix of Luxembourg, King Peter of Yugoslavia, King George of Greece, Empress Zita of Austria and her daughters, and Queen Wilhelmina, Princess Juliana, Princess Beatrix, and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.
The Earl of Athlone became the Chancellor of London University from 1932 to 1955, and Princess Alice became the first Chancellor of the University of the West Indies in 1950.
www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/athlone.html   (905 words)

  
 The University Of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
Forming the main background of the shield is the sea represented by white and blue (three each) wavy lines on which is the open book; the upper part of the shield, the chief, is red with a Lion to show the connection with the Crown, but the Lion is covered with fl spots.
This is the Lion borne by HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, appointed by the King (George VI) to be the first Chancellor, so that this appointment is recorded forever in the Arms of the University.
The Crest is the brown Pelican which fishes in its prehistoric fashion along the coasts of the Caribbean Lands: the pelican is a symbol of care for the young because of the medieval, but untrue, belief that it punctures its breast to feed its young on its blood.
www.uwi.tt /aboutUWISta.asp   (374 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was the daughter of HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan, Duke of Albany ; and Princess Helena Frederica of Waldeck.
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (25 February 1883 - 3 January 1981), was the daughter of HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan, Duke of Albany; and Princess Helena Frederica of Waldeck.
From June 1917 until her death, she was styled HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone.
www.ipedia.com /princess_alice_of_albany__countess_of_athlone.html   (452 words)

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg69 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Alexander Augustus William Of TECK [Parents] was born on 14 Apr 1874 in Kensington, Palace, London, England.
He married Alice Of Athlone OF SAXE-COBURG on 10 Feb 1904.
Alice Of Athlone OF SAXE-COBURG [Parents] was born in 1883 in St. George Chap., Windsor, England.
www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg69.htm   (1487 words)

  
 Opinions News
It was Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the then Chancellor of the University, who initially invited me to be a member of the Council and appointed me for three years.
During my tenure as Minister Her Royal Highness Princess Alice visited The Bahamas in her capacity as Chancellor and on 26th September, 1964 Dr Philip Sherlock, the vice-chancellor, attended the official opening of the new purpose-built Teachers' Training College (now C.C. Sweeting High School) at Oakes Field.
I note Mr Campbell is a poet, cultural critic, lecturer, journalist and a Rhodes scholar and it puzzles me why he would not have taken the time to research the matter before spreading such misinformation.
www.thenassauguardian.com /Opinions/297096949919473.php   (347 words)

  
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Also present, in her robes of cleric, was HRH the Duke of Edinburgh’s mother, HRH Princess Alice of Greece and Denmark.
The Spanish Royal Family was present at its highest level, with TRH the Count and the Countess of Barcelona.
HRH the Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone attended with her husband, the Earl of Athlone and their daughter, Lady May Abel Smith, with her husband Sir Henry Abel Smith.
www.angelfire.com /realm2/coronation/guests.html   (919 words)

  
 ATHLONE CASTLE
She and a sister liner, Sterling Castle, had diesel engines driving twin propellers and were capable of around 21 knots, compared to 15 knots of the earlier mail liners.
Athlone Castle successfully completed several long-distance trooping voyages and was then allocated to the North Atlantic to help in transporting American troops for the D-Day build-up.
Athlone Castle returned to commercial service in 1947 at a time when demand for passage by sea to South Africa was enormous.
www.thisishampshire.net /hampshire/southampton/shipping/SOTON_SHIPPING_HISTORICSHIPS53.html   (405 words)

  
 Welcome to The Hunterian Museum Exhibition Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Whilst at Oxford he became a close friend of Alice Liddell and her family and of the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known nowadays as Alice in Wonderland and Lewis Carroll, respectively.
He became an unofficial secretary to the Queen and, much to the annoyance of the Prince of Wales, was given a key to the box containing the Foreign Office papers.
married Alexander of Teck (1874-1957), Earl of Athlone The long-lived Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, was sister-in-law to Queen Mary and the last survivor of Queen Victoria's forty grandchildren.
www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk /Archives/imperialGranny/leopold.html   (192 words)

  
 History of the Gotha 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The late Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone once recounted that at formal receptions at the Imperial Court at Berlin, Royal Highnesses were shepherded by the chamberlains into a room by themselves and were presented to the Kaiser and Kaiserin before the other royals.
Princess Alice recalled that her cousin Princess Pauline of Wrttemberg (Royal Highness, Part I Princess) was so furious at being separated from her husband the Prince of Wied (Part II Prince but having only the rank of Durchlaucht1) that she never returned to Court.
Princess Alice by contrast, the daughter of one of Queen Victoria's sons, Part I Princess) but married to Prince Alexander of Teck (Queen Mary's brother but only a Part III Prince) found the situation hilarious.
www.almanachdegotha.com /newpage4C.htm   (364 words)

  
 Registry - Secretariat, The University of West Indies, Mona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone and Chancellor of the University College of the West Indies, suggested to Mrs.
Princess Alice had by that time received, from a Canadian donor who wished to remain anonymous, a handsome gift of 40,000 pounds sterling for the building of the Chapel.
The building of the new Chapel began in April 1956; the corner stone was laid on June 5, 1956 by then Governor of Jamaica, Sir Hugh MacIntosh Foot (later Lord Caradon); and the first Service was held on the last Sunday of Trinity Term 1959; June 21 1959.
www.mona.uwi.edu /secretariat/services/history.htm   (381 words)

  
 New Statesman: For Love of Justice: The Life of a Quixotic Soldier. - book reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pam Ruthven had two sons, Greystell and Malise, and lived at Windsor Castle, where her father-in-law, the Earl of Gowrie, was deputy governor of the Norman Tower.
Derek's divorce and Pam's involvement with him attracted the interference of the king's "Uncle Algie", the Earl of Athlone, and his wife, Princess Alice.
Athlone was colonel in Derek's regiment and the castle's governor.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_n4395_v127/ai_21125416   (962 words)

  
 Philip Alexius de Laszlo's Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and the reproduction is from the Illustrated London News issue that marked the Silver Anniversary of her wedding to Prince Alexander of Teck, which took place February 10, 1904, so I assume it dates from 1929.
Alice was born the daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (son of Queen Victoria; d.
Princess Alice married Prince Alexander in 1904, and they had three children.
www.jssgallery.org /Other_Artists/Philip_Alexius_de_Laszlo/Princess_Alice_Countess_of_Athlone.htm   (146 words)

  
 Media Watch | Which Alice?
Princess Alice, right, with her niece Queen Elizabeth II.
Princess Alice leaving the Shrine of Remembrance during a visit to Australia in 1959.
But this old bird is another Princess Alice, Alice of Athlone.
www.abc.net.au /mediawatch/transcripts/s946362.htm   (110 words)

  
 House of Commons - Public Accounts - Ninth Report
The 1993-94 expenditure included one project costing approximately £400,000 in that year, the structural repair and refurbishment of the apartment previously occupied by Princess Alice Countess of Athlone.
We observe that, by March 1995, it had already cost the grant-in-aid £0.94 million to repair and refurbish the apartment previously occupied by Princess Alice Countess of Athlone.
We note that this high cost was attributed to the fact that the apartment had not been refurbished since 1923 and had been uninhabited and uninhabitable since 1981.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmpubacc/394ix/pa0907.htm   (1645 words)

  
 Kents to take over Diana's 'secret garden'
Prince and Princess Michael were given the run of the smaller patch next door, which Princess Michael restored with the help of Arabella Lennox-Boyd, the garden designer.
When the Prince and Princess of Wales moved into Numbers 8 and 9 after their marriage in 1981, the same year that Princess Alice died, Royal Household officials said that they should have the garden.
The gate was opposite their front door and the Prince set about laying out the lawns and flowerbeds with enthusiasm.
www.portal.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/26/ndi426.html   (414 words)

  
 Andrew Roberts
There were Ceylonese light infantrymen, baggy-trousered hausas from the Gold Coast, slouch-hatted carabiniers in khaki from Natal and Cape Colony, frontier policemen from Sierra Leone and a Chinese detachment from Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements who wore large, conical coolie hats.
Even eighty years later, Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Princess Alice of Athlone, could recall the dyed red hair of the fierce Fijian warriors.
There were Sikhs and Malays and 28-stone Maoris and a camel corps donated by the Maharajah of Bikaner.
www.andrew-roberts.net /pages/books/extracts/extract_salisbury.htm   (581 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Bucks Free Press
Helen in 1885 with Alice and babyCharles Edward - the son Leopold never saw.
HRH Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert made medical history from themoment he began to be born.
And Alice, asCountess of Athlone, opened Kingston's palatial new Guildhall in1935.
www.bucksfreepress.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=76910   (1457 words)

  
 Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883-1981)
Prince Alexander George of Teck (Earl of Athlone)
Princess of Great Britain and Ireland; Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duchess of Saxony, with the style of Her Royal Highness (H.R.H. Princess Alice of Albany)
The King gave her name to The Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own)
www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1883alic.htm   (147 words)

  
 The University of West Indies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Irvine is the father of the whole scheme, Princess Alice is of royal blood and married to the Earl of Athlone who is Chancellor of the University of London.
She plays an active part in the University of London and is Chairman of the Governing Body of Royal Holloway College.
On December 10, 1948, the Principal was informed that Princess Alice had accepted the office of Chancellor.
www.mona.uwi.edu /records/university/chancellor.htm   (262 words)

  
 Hemophilia: The Royal Disease - Case Study Collection - National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
His daughter, Alice of Athlone, had one hemophilic son (Rupert) and two other children—a boy and a girl—whose status is unknown.
Of Alice’s six children, three were afflicted with hemophilia.
Every attempt was made to conceal the fact that the dreaded disease had shown itself in the German imperial family, but, at the age of four, Waldemar, the youngest of the princes, bled to death.
www.sciencecases.org /hemo/hemo.asp   (1859 words)

  
 Buckingham Palace | Away.com
Only in the latter part of her reign did Queen Victoria make occasional appearances at the Palace, notably for her two Jubilees in 1887 and 1897.
Princess Alice (Countess of Athlone) appeared on the balcony both in 1887 for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and again in 1977 for the present Queen's Silver Jubilee.
Alice, Queen Victoria's granddaughter, was too young to take part in the 1887 procession, but not too old to do so in 1977.
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 Immigrant Ship Information
She was a 6,122 gross ton ship, length 415.3ft x beam 49.6ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 16 knots.
She was a 25,567 gross ton ship, length 725ft x beam 82.5ft, one funnel, two masts and a speed of 20 knots.
Launched on 28.11.1935 by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, she commenced her maiden voyage from Southampton for the Cape on 22.5.1936.
www.fortunecity.com /littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipa.htm   (19735 words)

  
 Edwardian Delights - Vintage Postcards - Royalty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone - charming real photo portrait of the Princess, seated, book open on her knee, flanked by her two children, Lady May Cambridge and Viscount Trematon.
A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alice went on the live until her late 90's.
Lady May Cambridge - real photo image of this daughter of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, who was born Princess May of Teck, a title she lost when all German titles were relinquished by the British Royal Family in 1917.
www.edwardian-delights.com /salesryl.htm   (7119 words)

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