Mary Fagan

Lady Florence Mary Fagan,[Note 1] LG, DCVO, JP (born 11 September 1939) is a former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, who served from 1994 until her retirement on 11 September 2014.[1]

Early life and family

Lady Mary was born at Gonalston Hall, Nottinghamshire, the daughter of Lt. Col. George Haliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie and Caroline Judith Francklin.[2] She married October 21, 1960 to Captain Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan, the son of Christopher Frederick Feltrim Fagan and Helen Maud Tarelton.[2][3] To their union were born two sons, Christopher Hugh Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (died in an automobile accident in 1987), and James Tarleton Feltrim Fagan.[3]

Charitable and public service

Lady Mary is chair of trustees of the Countess Of Brecknock Hospice Trust. She is also a trustee of the Overlord Embroidery Trust, The Edwina Mountbatten And Leonora Children's Foundation and Winchester Cathedral Trust. [4]

She also served as Chancellor of the University of Winchester from 2006 to 2014.[5]

Honours

Florence Mary Fagan, known as Mary Fagan, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) in the 2009 Birthday Honours (announced 13 June 2009).[6] She was appointed a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter on 23 April 2018.[5]

Affiliations

  • Honorary Rear Admiral in the Royal Naval Reserve
  • Honorary Colonel, 457 Battery RA
  • Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Magistrates
  • 27 April 1998: Honorary Colonel, 78 (Fortress) Engineer Regiment (Volunteers)[7]
  • Honorary Colonel, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Volunteers) 4th Division

Notes

  1. ↑ After appointment as a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG), she has chosen to be known as Lady Mary Fagan in lieu of the correct Dame Mary Fagan

References

  1. ↑ Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire website, hants.gov.uk; accessed 27 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, editor (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage Ltd.
  3. 1 2 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1976). Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd.
  4. ↑ "The Countess Of Brecknock Hospice Trust". Charity Commission.
  5. 1 2 "Appointments to the Order of the Garter". The Royal Family. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "No. 59090". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 2009. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "No. 55110". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 April 1998. p. 4764.
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