Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon
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Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE (b. 1875 – d. 30 January 1960, England) was born Marie Adelaide Brassey, a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.
On 20 July 1892, she married George Freeman Thomas (the future Governor General of Canada) and they had two children:
- Lieutenant Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas (3 May 1893 – 14 September 1914), killed, aged 21, in the First World War.
- Inigo Brassey Thomas (25 July 1899 – 19 March 1979)
[edit] Honours
She was:
- Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1917[1]
- Decorated with the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal
- Invested as a Dame of Justice, Venerable Order of Saint John (D.J.St. J.)
- Decorated with the Order of Mercy.[2]
- Invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours[3]
- Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours[4]
[edit] References
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886, page 6, 29 December 1916. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 27555, page 3277, 22 May 1903. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 30413, page 12680, 4 December 1917. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32941, page 4417, 30 May 1924. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
| Preceded by The Viscountess Byng of Vimy |
Viceregal Consort of Canada 1926 – 1931 |
Succeeded by The Countess of Bessborough |
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