2-622-415 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874-1957), 1937. He was a British military commander and major-general who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, the country's fourth, and as Governor General of Canada, the 16th since Canadian Confederation. Prince Alexander was the son of the Duke and Duchess of Teck and in 1904, he married Princess Alice. Card No 19 of 48 from Coronation Souvenir cigarette cards produced for Tournament Cigarettes. [RJ Lea Ltd, Manchester, 1937]