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417:, London, 16 January 1890, very near to another of the Prince's mistresses, Louisa Beauclerk, who had died in 1882. He had decided in 1849 that he would be buried near Beauclerk, whom he had known since 1837. He saw much of her from 1847, and she was his mistress from 1849. The prince later described her as 'the idol of my life and my existence'.
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Clerkenwell, London, Prince George describing himself in the register as 'George Frederick Cambridge, gentleman' and signing as 'George Cambridge'. However, under the Royal Marriages Act 1772,
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as a labourer in 1824. His family had no known connection with Robert
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