Marie Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon
Marie Adelaide Freeman-Thomas, Marchioness of Willingdon, was a daughter of Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey. On 20 July 1892, she married Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, the future Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India. They had two sons, Lieutenant Gerard Frederick Freeman-Thomas, killed, aged 21, in the First World War, and Inigo Brassey Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon.Honours
She was:
- Invested as an Imperial Order of the Crown of India in 1917
- Decorated with the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal
- Invested as a Dame of Justice, Venerable Order of Saint John
- Decorated with the Order of Mercy.
- Invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in December 1917
- Invested as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in the 1924 Birthday Honours
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.
- The Lady Willingdon Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, is named after her
- The Lady Willingdon Hospital in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, is named after her.
