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Marquessate of Cambridge
Blazon Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th grand-quarters, quarterly, I & IV, Gules, three Lions passant guardant, armed and langued Azure (England); II, Or, a Lion rampant Gules, armed and langued Azure, within a Double-Tressure flory counter-flory Gules (Scotland); III, Azure, a Harp Or, stringed Argent (Ireland); over all an Inescutcheon tiercé reversed i, Gules, two Lions passant guardant Or, armed and langued Azure; ii, Or, semée of Hearts Gules, a Lion rampant Azure; iii, Gules, a Horse courant Argent; the whole differenced by a Label of three-points Argent, the centre charged with a Cross Gules, and the outer with two Hearts Gules: 2nd and 3rd grand-quarters, Or, three Stag’s Attires fesswise in pale, the points of each attire to the sinister Sable (Württemberg), Impaling Or, three Lions passant in pale Sable, langued Gules, the sinister Forepaws Gules (Swabia), over all an Inescutcheon lozengy bendy sinister Sable and Or (Teck). Crest: A Dog’s Head and Neck lozengy bendy sinister Sable and Or, langued Gules. Supporters: Dexter: A Lion Sable, the dexter forepaw Gules. Sinister: A Stag proper.
Creation date	16 July 1917
Creation	Second
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
Last holder	George Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge
Remainder to	The 1st Marquess’s heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titles	Earl of Eltham Viscount Northallerton
Status	Extinct
Extinction date	16 April 1981
Motto	FIDES ET FIDELIS (Fearless and faithful)

Marquess of Cambridge was a title that was created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The first creation was for Prince George Augustus in 1706, when he was created Duke of Cambridge, Marquess of Cambridge, Earl of Milford Haven, Viscount Northallerton and Baron of Tewkesbury. He succeeded to the Dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay on his father's accession to the throne on 1 August 1714. His titles merged with the Crown when he succeeded to the throne as King George II in 1727.

The second creation (along with the subsidiary titles Earl of Eltham and Viscount Northallerton) was in 1917 for Adolphus, Duke of Teck, brother of Queen Mary and brother-in-law of King George V, when he gave up his German titles and took the surname "Cambridge". Adolphus Cambridge was a grandson of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge through his daughter Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.

Upon the death of the second Marquess without any male heirs, the marquessate became extinct.

Marquess of Cambridge (1706-1727)

• Prince George Augustus, Duke of Cambridge (1683-1760), Succeeded to the throne in 1727 as King George II

For further details see Duke of Cambridge

Marquesses of Cambridge (1917–1981)

• Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868–1927), grandson of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, was created Marquess when George V relinquished his family's German titles
• George Francis Hugh Cambridge, 2nd Marquess of Cambridge (1895–1981), only son of the 1st Marquess, died without male issue and his honours became extinct

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References

1. "No. 30374". The London Gazette. 9 November 1917. pp. 11592–11594.

Attribution

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 165.

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