The houses are named after Governor-Generals of the Union of South Africa: Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton and George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon.
Cambridge | University of Cambridge | Cambridge University | Alexander the Great | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Alexander Pope | Alexander | Alexander Graham Bell | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Cambridge University Press | Alexander Calder | Alexander Pushkin | James Earl Jones | Alexander von Humboldt | Alexander I of Russia | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | Alexander II of Russia | Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge | Cambridge University R.U.F.C. | King's College, Cambridge | Alexander Hamilton | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis | Earl | Alexander McQueen | 1st United States Congress | Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts | Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein |
On 17 December 1943 HMCS Carleton moved to its current facilities at Canadian Forces Reserve Barrack Dow's Lake, when the new "stone frigate" was inaugurated in the presence of Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Governor General of Canada.
Princess Alice, the then viceregal consort of Governor General Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone, served as Honorary Air Commandant of the Women's Division.