Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon
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Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE (b. 1875 – d. 30 January 1960, England) was born Marie Adelaide Brassey, a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.
On 20 July 1892, she married George Freeman Thomas (the future Governor General of Canada) and they had two children:
- Lieutenant Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas (3 May 1893 – 14 September 1914), killed, aged 21, in the First World War.
- Inigo Brassey Thomas (25 July 1899 – 19 March 1979)
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She was:
- Invested as a 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, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (D.J.St.J.)
- Decorated with the Order of Mercy.
- Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1924
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| Preceded by The Viscountess Byng of Vimy |
Viceregal Consort of Canada 1926 – 1931 |
Succeeded by The Countess of Bessborough |
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