Duke of Teck of Teck the British style of "His Highness", on a non-hereditary basis. In 1893, Francis' daughter, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck married Prince George, Duke of York who later reigned as King George V. When the first Duke of Teck died in 1900, the dukedom passed to his eldest son, HSH Prince Adolphus of Teck. King George V granted the second Duke of Teck, his brother-in-law, the personal style of "His Highness" in 1911. The title existed until World War I, when anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom prompted the British monarch to adopt a non-German surname and relinquish all
Francis, Duke of Teck return from Egypt he was gazetted a Colonel in the British Army. The Duke of Teck was made Colonel ("Oberst") à la suite of the 25th (1st Württemberg) Dragoons "Queen Olga" on 6 March 1889, and a "Generalmajor" in the German Army on 18 October 1891. He was made a supernumerary Major-General in the British Army in July 1893 and a "Generalleutnant" in the German Army on 18 April 1895. Because Francis had no inheritance, the couple lived on Mary Adelaide's Parliamentary allowance of £5,000 per annum (equivalent to ca. £525,000 in 2013), supplemented by income from her mother, the