Princess Augusta of Cambridge (Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise; 19 July 1822 – 5 December 1916) was a member of the British royal family as the granddaughter of George III. She married into the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and became Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Augusta was born Princess Augusta of Cambridge on 19 July 1822 at the Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover. Her father was Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, the seventh son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Her mother was Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. As the male-line granddaughter of a British monarch, she was titled a British princess with the style of Royal Highness. The young princess was baptised at the same palace on 16 August 1822, by Rev Edward Curtis Kemp (Chaplain to the British Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, The Rt. Hon. Sir George Rose).
Three of her godparents were present at the baptism:
Princess Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (her maternal grandmother)
Princess Luise Henriette of Nassau-Usingen (her maternal grandaunt)
Princess Louise, Countess von der Decken (her maternal aunt)
The rest were not present, possibly being represented by proxies:
The Duke of York and Albany (her paternal uncle)
all of her five living paternal aunts (by blood)
The Queen Dowager of Württemberg
The Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg
The Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh
The Electress of Hesse (wife of Wilhelm II, her mother's cousin)
The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (her maternal aunt)
Princess Charles of Hesse-Kassel (wife of her maternal uncle)
The Princess spent her earlier years in Hanover, where her father was the viceroy on behalf of his brother, George IV.
Princess Augusta had one brother, Prince George, later 2nd Duke of Cambridge; and one sister, Princess Mary Adelaide, later Duchess of Teck. Princess Augusta was also the aunt to Mary of Teck, later consort of George V. Additionally, Princess Augusta was the first cousin through her father to Queen Victoria and through her mother to Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel, the wife of King Christian IX of Denmark.
With her mother, she was part of the royal party at the 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria.