The Marchioness of Willingdon | |
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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 | |
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]
She was: