Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon

The Most Honourable
The Marchioness of Willingdon
GBE, CI, DStJ
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; 24 March 1875
Died	30 January 1960 (aged 84)
Spouse	Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Parents	Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey; Anna Brassey, Baroness Brassey;

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]

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

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