Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge Duke and Duchess of Teck chose to reside in London rather than abroad, mainly because Mary Adelaide received £5,000 per annum as a Parliamentary annuity and carried out royal duties. Her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, also provided her with supplementary income. Requests to Queen Victoria for extra funds were generally refused; however, the queen did provide the Tecks with apartments at Kensington Palace and White Lodge in Richmond Park as a country house. Mary Adelaide requested that her new husband be granted the style "Royal Highness", but this was refused by Queen Victoria. The queen did, however, promote Francis
Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester with her son George, Viscount Mandeville, in about 1766. The duchess was herself an amateur artist, whose pocket book is held by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The duke died in 1788, following which his widow received an annual pension of £3000, as officialcompensation for the loss of his income as Collector of Customs. The dowager duchess died at her home in Berkeley Square, London, in 1832, in her 92nd year, and was buried at Kimbolton. Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester Elizabeth Montagu, Duchess of Manchester (c.1740 – 26 June 1832), formerly Elizabeth Dashwood, was the wife of