Arms of Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge

Blazon

Quarterly, 1st and 4th grand quarters quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or, 2nd Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules, 3rd Azure a harp Or stringed Argent, overall a three-point label Argent, the central point charged with a cross, the dexter and sinister points each charged with two hearts in pale Gules, and an escutcheon tierced in pairle reversed Gules, Or and Gules, in dexter chief two lions passant guardant in pale Or, in sinister chief semé of hearts Gules a lion rampant Azure and in base a horse courant Argent; 2nd and 3rd grand quarters per pale Or, dexter three antlers in pale and sinister three lions passant in pale Sable their dexter forearms Gules, overall an escutcheon paly-bendy Or and Sable;

The Arms are shown ensigned by the coronet of an earl;

* The blazon found in the records of the College of Arms and this painting do not include a mark of cadency; however, some sources show the Arms charged in fess point with a crescent Sable.

Symbolism

The first and fourth quarters are the arms of Lord Athlone’s grandfather, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the tenth son of King George III. These are the royal arms of the time, with the arms of England in the first and fourth quarters, those of Scotland in the second, those of Ireland in the third, an escutcheon of the Kingdom of Hanover in the centre, and a label bearing hearts and a cross of St. George for Adolphus and his descendants. The second and third quarters of Lord Athlone’s shield are the arms of his father, Francis, Duke of Teck. They combine the arms of the German duchies of Württemberg and Swabia with an escutcheon of the arms of the duchy of Teck.