Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

British prince and military commander (1819-1904)

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1819

Place of Birth: Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1904

Profession: military leader

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, (George William Frederick Charles; 26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904) was a member of the British Royal Family, a male-line grandson of King George III, cousin of Queen Victoria, and maternal uncle of Queen Mary, consort of King George V.
The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895.
He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862.
Deeply devoted to the old Army, he worked with Queen Victoria to defeat or minimize every reform proposal, such as setting up a general staff.
His Army became a moribund and stagnant institution, lagging far behind the French Army and the German Army.
Its weaknesses were dramatically revealed by the poor organization at the start of the Second Boer War.