Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon

This British surname is barrelled, being made up of multiple names. It should be written as Freeman-Thomas, not Thomas.

The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Willingdon GBE, CI, DStJ
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	Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey

A 1916 charity stamp for the Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund organised by Lady Willingdon.

Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, GBE, CI, DStJ (née Brassey; 24 March 1875 – 30 January 1960)^[citation needed] was a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey.^[citation needed] 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).^[citation needed]

Honours

She was:

• Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India (C.I.) in 1917[3]
• Decorated with the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal^[citation needed]
• Invested as a Dame of Justice, Venerable Order of Saint John (D.J.St. J.)^[citation needed]
• 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

• 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.[7]
• 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

1. Lee, Brian (1995). Some Indian and related bookplates. Edgbaston: Bookplate Society and the Apsley House Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780951724798.
2. "Death of Lord Willingdon's Son and Heir". The First World War East Sussex. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
3. "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 6.
4. "No. 27555". The London Gazette. 22 May 1903. p. 3277.
5. "No. 30413". The London Gazette. 4 December 1917. p. 12680.
6. "No. 32941". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1924. p. 4417.
7. Paterson, T. W. "Chronicles: A name is a name...so long as it's spelled right".

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Viscountess Byng of Vimy	Viceregal Consort of Canada 1926–1931	Succeeded by The Countess of Bessborough