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| The Most HonourableThe Marchioness of WillingdonGBE, CI, DStJ | |
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| Vicereine of India | |
| In office 18 April 1931 – 18 April 1936 | |
| Monarchs | George V Edward VIII |
| Governor- General | The Marquess of Willingdon |
| Preceded by | The Viscountess Goschen (acting) The Lady Irwin |
| Succeeded by | The Marchioness of Linlithgow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Adelaide Brassey (1875-03-24)24 March 1875 |
| Died | 30 January 1960(1960-01-30) (aged 84) |
| Spouse | Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon |
| Parents | |
Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE, CI, DStJ (née Brassey; 24 March 1875 – 30 January 1960) was a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey. 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. They had two sons, Lieutenant Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas (3 May 1893 – 14 September 1914), killed, aged 21, in the First World War, and Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (25 July 1899 – 19 March 1979).
Honours
She was:
- Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1917
- 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.
- Invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in December 1917
- Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 1924 Birthday Honours
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.
- 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
- Lee, Brian (1995). Some Indian and related bookplates. Edgbaston: Bookplate Society and the Apsley House Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780951724798.
- "Death of Lord Willingdon's Son and Heir". The First World War East Sussex. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 6.
- "No. 27555". The London Gazette. 22 May 1903. p. 3277.
- "No. 30413". The London Gazette. 4 December 1917. p. 12680.
- "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1924. p. 4417.
- Paterson, T. W. "Chronicles: A name is a name...so long as it's spelled right".
| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded byThe Viscountess Byng of Vimy | Viceregal Consort of Canada 1926–1931 |
Succeeded byThe Countess of Bessborough |
- 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
- Wives of knights