Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon
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Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, Template:Postnominals (née Brassey; 24 March 1875 – 30 January 1960)Script error: No such module "Unsubst". was a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". On 20 July 1892, she married Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), the future Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.[1] They had two sons, Lieutenant Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas (3 May 1893 – 14 September 1914), killed, aged 21, in the First World War,[2] and Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (25 July 1899 – 19 March 1979).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Honours
She was:
- Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1917[3]
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- Invested as a Dame of Justice, Venerable Order of Saint John (D.J.St. J.)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Decorated with the Order of Mercy.[4]
- Invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in December 1917[5]
- Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1924 Birthday Honours[6]
Legacy
- Marie Canyon on the Cowichan River, Vancouver Island, is named for her, commemorating a 1930 canoe trip from Cowichan Lake down that river to the city of Duncan, British Columbia.[7]
- The Lady Willingdon Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, is named after her
- The Lady Willingdon Hospital in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, is named after her. www.manalihospital.com
References
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- 1875 births
- 1960 deaths
- British marchionesses
- Canadian viceregal consorts
- Viceregal consorts of India
- Companions of the Order of the Crown of India
- Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
- Dames of Justice of the Order of St John
- Daughters of British earls
- Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal
- Brassey family
- Place of birth missing
- Wives of knights
- Freeman-Thomas family