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Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, (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).
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Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, (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 the1924 Birthday Honours
The 1924 Birthday Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of The King, and were p ...
Legacy
*Marie Canyon
Marie Canyon is a canyon on the Cowichan River, just below Skutz Falls, on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
The canyon is named for Marie Adelaide, Viscountess Willingdon, C.I., G.B.E. (wife of the then- Governor-General o ...
on the Cowichan River
The Cowichan River is a Canadian Heritage River on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Its headwater is Cowichan Lake. The river flows east over Skutz Falls and through Marie Canyon towards its mouth at Cowichan Bay. The river's d ...
, Vancouver Island, is named for her, commemorating a 1930 canoe trip from Cowichan Lake
Cowichan Lake is a large freshwater lake located on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is located along the Cowichan Valley in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, with its eastern shore about west of Duncan, British Colum ...
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 herwww.manalihospital.com
References
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