Lady May Abel Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLady May Abel Smith
British Royal Family descendant
Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1906
Place of Birth: Esher, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 29-May-1994
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Lady May Abel Smith
- Lady May Helen Emma Abel Smith (formerly Lady May Cambridge, née Princess May of Teck; 23 January 1906 – 29 May 1994) was a relative of the British Royal Family.
- She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a niece of Queen Mary.
- Due to anti-German sentiment in England during World War I, George V changed the name of the royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor and renounced all of his German titles and the German titles of members of the British royal family.
- In response, May's family renounced their German princely titles and the style of Serene Highness and adopted the surname Cambridge, after her ancestor the Duke of Cambridge.
- Her father was then created the Earl of Athlone, and she was granted the precedence of the daughter of an earl with the courtesy title of Lady.
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