Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon

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File:Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund half anna charity label 1916.jpg
A 1916 charity stamp for the Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund organised by Lady Willingdon.

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

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Honorary titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Viceregal Consort of Canada
1926–1931 Template:S-ttl/check
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