Lady Florence Mary Fagan, (born 11 September 1939) is a former

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, who served from 1994 until her retirement on 11 September 2014.

Early life and family

Fagan was born at

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Hall,

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, England. Fagan's parents were Lt. Col. George Haliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie and Caroline Judith Francklin.Mosley, Charles, editor (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage Ltd. She was married on 21 October 1960 to Captain Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan, son of Christopher Frederick Feltrim Fagan and Helen Maud Tarleton Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1976). Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd. with whom she has had two sons; Christopher Hugh Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (died in a motor car accident in 1987) and James Tarleton Feltrim Fagan.

Charitable and public service

Lady Mary is chair of trustees of the Countess of Brecknock Hospice Trust. She is also a trustee of the Overlord Embroidery Trust, The

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and Leonora Children's Foundation, and

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Trust. She served as Chancellor of the

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from 2006 to 2014.

Honours

In the

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, she was appointed a

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(DCVO), and thereby granted the title ''

dame ''Dame'' is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British honours system and those of several oth ...

''. She was appointed a Lady Companion of the

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(LG) on 23 April 2018, and thereby granted the title ''

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''.

Affiliations

* Honorary Rear Admiral in the Royal Naval Reserve * Honorary Colonel, 457 Battery RA * Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Magistrates * 27 April 1998: Honorary Colonel, 78 (Fortress) Engineer Regiment (Volunteers) * Honorary Colonel, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Volunteers) 4th Division

Arms

Notes

References

External links

Dame Mary Fagan opens new library at Barton Peveril College

"Fagan meets The Tigers"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fagan, Mary 1939 births Living people Lord-Lieutenants of Hampshire People from Newark and Sherwood (district) Ladies Companion of the Garter Dames Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People associated with the University of Winchester English justices of the peace Royal Naval Reserve personnel