British princess (1897?1965)
Mary, Princess Royal
(Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary; 25 April 1897 ? 28 March 1965) was a member of the
British royal family
. She was the only daughter of
King George V
and
Queen Mary
, the sister of Kings
Edward VIII
and
George VI
, and aunt of
Elizabeth II
. In the
First World War
, she performed charity work in support of servicemen and their families.
She married
Henry Lascelles, Viscount Lascelles
(later the 6th Earl of Harewood), in 1922. Mary was given the title of
Princess Royal
in 1932. During the
Second World War
, she was Controller Commandant of the
Auxiliary Territorial Service
. The Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood had two sons,
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
, and
The Honourable Gerald Lascelles
.
Early life and education
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Princess Mary was born on 25 April 1897 at
York Cottage
on the
Sandringham Estate
in
Norfolk
, during the reign of her great-grandmother
Queen Victoria
. She was the third child and only daughter of the
Duke
and
Duchess of York
. Her father was the only surviving son of the
Prince
and
Princess of Wales
, while her mother was the eldest child and only daughter of the
Duke
and
Duchess of Teck
. She was named Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, after her paternal great-grandmother Queen Victoria;
[1]
[2]
her paternal grandmother,
Alexandra, Princess of Wales
; her maternal grandmother,
Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck
; and her great-aunt,
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine
, with whom she shared a birthday. She was known by the last of her Christian names, Mary. She was fifth in the
line of succession
at the time of her birth, preceded by her grandfather, father, and elder brothers
Edward
and
Albert
, though would later move down the line after the births of her younger brothers
Henry
,
George
, and
John
.
She was baptised at
St Mary Magdalene's Church
near
Sandringham
on 7 June 1897 by
William Dalrymple Maclagan
,
Archbishop of York
. Her godparents were: the Queen (her great-grandmother); the
King of the Hellenes
(her paternal great-uncle); the
Dowager Empress of Russia
(her paternal great-aunt); the Prince and Princess of Wales (her paternal grandparents); the Duchess of Teck (her maternal grandmother);
Princess Victoria of Wales
(her paternal aunt); and
Prince Francis of Teck
(her maternal uncle).
[
citation needed
]
Her grandfather ascended the throne in 1901 when Mary was three years old.
Princess Mary was educated by governesses, but shared some lessons with her brothers, Edward, Albert, and
Henry
. She became fluent in German and French, and developed a lifelong interest in horses and horse racing. Her first state appearance was at the
coronation
of her parents,
King George V
and
Queen Mary
at
Westminster Abbey
on 22 June 1911.
Charity work
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During
World War I
, Princess Mary visited hospitals and welfare organisations with her mother;
[5]
assisting with projects to give comfort to British servicemen and assistance to their families. One of these projects was
Princess Mary's Christmas Gift Fund
, through which a total of £100,000 worth of gifts was sent to serving British soldiers and sailors for
Christmas
, 1914,
[5]
[6]
(the equivalent of £12.1 million in 2023 when adjusted for inflation).
[7]
She took an active role in promoting the
Girl Guide
movement, the
VADs
, and the
Land Girls
. In June 1918, following an announcement in
The Gentlewoman
, she began a nursing course at
Great Ormond Street Hospital
, working two days a week in the Alexandra Ward.
[5]
[8]
[9]
On 20 November 1918, Princess Mary became the first member of the royal family to visit France following the
Armistice
. She visited centres associated with
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
or Voluntary Aid Detachment Units, and hospitals with wounded soldiers.
[10]
Princess Mary's public duties reflected her concerns with
nursing
, the
Girl Guide
movement, and the Women's Services.
In the period leading up to her marriage, girls and women in the British Empire named Mary or its variants (including Marie, May and Miriam) banded together to form "
The Marys of the Empire
," and donated money toward a wedding present.
[11]
[12]
She presented this fund to the Girl Guides Association for the purchase of the estate of
Foxlease
, and following the exhibition of her wedding presents, she also contributed half the proceeds to the same cause, for upkeep, a total of £10,000, which enabled the project to go ahead.
[13]
[14]
She became honorary president of the
British Girl Guide Association
in 1920, a position she held until her death.
[15]
She received the
Silver Fish Award
, Girl Guiding's highest adult honour, in recognition of her contribution to the movement. It was reported in July 2013 that
British Pathe
had discovered newsreel film from 1927 in which the ancestors of
Catherine Middleton
are, as
Lord Mayors
of
Leeds
, playing host to Princess Mary at the Young Women's Christian Association in
Hunslet
, Leeds; both
Sir Charles Lupton
and his brother
Hugh Lupton
, were the uncles of
Olive Middleton
, the Princess of Wales's great-grandmother.
[16]
[17]
In 1921, the Princess became the first patron of the
Not Forgotten Association
, a position she held until her death in 1965. The charity's first Christmas Tea Party was organised by Mary and held at
St James's Palace
in 1921 when she invited 600 wounded servicemen for afternoon tea and the event has been held annually ever since.
[18]
In 1926, Princess Mary became the commandant-in-chief of the
British Red Cross
Detachments.
[19]
[5]
In the 1920s, she was a patron of the
Leeds Triennial Musical Festival
.
[20]
By the 1940s, Princess Mary was attending the opening nights and many of the festival's performances, as was her son,
George
, and his wife, the
Countess of Harewood, nee Marion Stein
, a former concert pianist.
[21]
[22]
George was a noted music critic whose career included the role of artistic director of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival.
[23]
In 1931, she was appointed patron of the
Yorkshire Ladies Council of Education
.
[24]
She was also patron of the Girls' Patriotic Union of Day Schools.
[25]
It was reported in July 1927 that at a garden party at the
Headingley Cricket Ground
, the Princess was served
tea
alongside dignitaries who included members of the
Middleton family
; Olive Middleton, great-grandmother of
Catherine, Princess of Wales
, was one of them. The Princess and her son,
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
, were patrons of the
Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
which had played at
soirees
at their home,
Harewood House
. Attending these concerts was the orchestra's co-founder,
Richard Noel Middleton
, who was on friendly terms with the Princess. Middleton's wife, Olive, was a member of the Princess's
fundraising committee
for the
Leeds General Infirmary
.
[26]
[27]
[28]
[29]
Olive's first cousin was fellow committee member
Elinor G. Lupton
who reportedly launched the fund-raising appeal in 1933. The committee's vice-presidents included the Princess's sister-in-law,
the Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles
, who served alongside Olive Middleton and her relative,
Jessie Beatrice Kitson
.
[30]
Princess Mary became patron of the Leeds Infirmary in 1936.
[31]
Marriage and family
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On 28 February 1922, Princess Mary married
Viscount Lascelles
,
[32]
the elder son of
the 5th Earl of Harewood
and his wife,
Lady Florence Bridgeman
, daughter of
the 3rd Earl of Bradford
of
Weston Park
. The bride was 24 years old, while the groom was 39.
Their wedding
was held at
Westminster Abbey
, and attracted large crowds along the route to
Buckingham Palace
.
[33]
The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be covered in fashion magazines, including
Vogue
. The bride's gown was designed by Messrs Raville and featured emblems of Britain and India.
[34]
It was the first royal occasion in which
Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
, a friend of Princess Mary, participated, as one of the bridesmaids. She later married Mary's brother, Prince Albert, and became
queen consort of the United Kingdom
upon his accession in 1936.
[35]
Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles had two sons:
[36]
Family homes and interests
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The Princess and her husband had homes in London (
Chesterfield House, Westminster
) and in Yorkshire (first
Goldsborough Hall
, and later
Harewood House
).
[37]
While at Goldsborough Hall, Princess Mary had internal alterations made by the architect Sydney Kitson, to suit the upbringing of her two children and instigated the development of formal planting of beech-hedge-lined long borders from the south terrace looking for a quarter of a mile down an avenue of lime trees. The limes were planted by her relatives as they visited the Hall throughout the 1920s, including her father, King George, and mother, Queen Mary.
After becoming the Countess of Harewood upon the death of her father-in-law, Princess Mary moved to Harewood House, and took a keen interest in the interior decoration and renovation of the Lascelles
family seat
.
[6]
[37]
In farming pursuits, Princess Mary also became an expert in cattle breeding and was on the board of trustees of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England
of which her husband had been president.
[38]
[39]
In December 2012, some of the Princess's belongings were sold in "Harewood: Collecting in the Royal Tradition", an auction organised by
Christie's
.
[38]
[40]
In the first half of the 20th century, she occasionally rode with the
Bramham Moor Hunt
? Lord Harewood was
Master of the Hunt
? and entertained many
horse-racing
enthusiasts at Harewood house parties for the race events at
Wetherby
and
York
.
[41]
Princess Royal
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On 6 October 1929, Lord Lascelles, who had been created a
Knight of the Garter
upon his marriage, succeeded his father as 6th
Earl of Harewood
, Viscount Lascelles, and Baron Harewood. On 1 January 1932, George V declared that his only daughter should bear the title Princess Royal, succeeding her aunt
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife
, who had died a year earlier.
[42]
[43]
The Princess Royal was particularly close to her eldest brother, the Prince of Wales, known as David to his close family, who subsequently became
Edward VIII
upon the death of their father in 1936. After the
abdication crisis
, she and her husband went to stay with the former Edward VIII, by then created Duke of Windsor, at Enzesfeld Castle near
Vienna
. Later, in November 1947, she allegedly declined to attend the
wedding
of her niece,
Princess Elizabeth
, to
Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten
as the Duke of Windsor had not been invited. She gave ill health as the official reason for her non-attendance.
[44]
In March 1953, she cut short her tour of the West Indies and before returning to London, made a surprise diversion to New York, where she met with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
[45]
She posed for photographs with them before she and the duke boarded the ship they travelled on to visit their ailing mother, Queen Mary.
[46]
At the outbreak of
World War II
, the Princess Royal became chief controller and later controller commandant of the
Auxiliary Territorial Service
, renamed the
Women's Royal Army Corps
in 1949.
[47]
[48]
In that capacity, she travelled across the country, visiting its units, as well as wartime canteens and other welfare organisations.
[47]
After the
death in 1942
of her younger brother, the
Duke of Kent
, she became the president of
Papworth Hospital
. The Princess Royal became
air chief commandant
of
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service
in 1950, and received the honorary rank of general in the
British Army
in 1956.
[47]
Also, in 1949, the 10th Gurkha Rifles were renamed the
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
in her honour.
[49]
After her husband's death in 1947, the Princess Royal lived at Harewood House with her elder son and his family. She became the
chancellor
of the
University of Leeds
in 1951, and continued to carry out official duties at home and abroad. She attended the
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
in June 1953, and later represented the Queen at the independence celebrations of
Trinidad and Tobago
in 1962, and
Zambia
in 1964.
[50]
One of her last official engagements was to represent the Queen at the funeral of
Queen Louise of Sweden
in early March 1965. The Princess Royal visited her brother, the Duke of Windsor, at the
London Clinic
in March 1965, while he recovered from recent eye surgery. The Princess also met his wife, the
Duchess of Windsor
, one of the Duchess's few meetings with her husband's immediate family to take place.
Death and legacy
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On 28 March 1965, the Princess Royal had a fatal heart attack during a walk with her elder son, Lord Harewood, and his children in the grounds of the
Harewood House
estate. Mary was 67 years old. She was buried next to her husband in the Lascelles family vault at
All Saints' Church, Harewood
, after a private family funeral at
York Minster
. A memorial service was held at
Westminster Abbey
, London.
[51]
Her will was sealed in London after her death with her estate valued at
£
347,626 (or, £8.5 million in 2023 when adjusted for inflation).
[7]
[52]
Six British monarchs reigned during Princess Mary's lifetime:
Victoria
(her great-grandmother),
Edward VII
(her grandfather),
George V
(her father),
Edward VIII
and
George VI
(her brothers), and
Elizabeth II
(her niece). She is typically remembered as an uncontroversial figure of the royal family.
[38]
The Princess was portrayed by
Kate Phillips
in
Downton Abbey
(2019).
During the
British Mandate of Palestine
, a major street in Jerusalem next to the
Old City
was called Princess Mary Street.
[53]
After the creation of
Israel
, the street name was changed to
Queen Shlomzion
Street", to commemorate the Jewish queen.
[
citation needed
]
Titles, styles, honours and arms
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]
Titles and styles
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]
Mary was known as "Princess Mary of York" at birth.
[54]
Mary was not styled "Her Royal Highness" from birth, only gaining that style in 1898 by letters patent granted by her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.
[55]
After Victoria's death in January 1901, Mary was known as Princess Mary of Cornwall and York, until her father's creation as
Prince of Wales
in November of that year, when she assumed the title "Princess Mary of Wales".
[56]
Upon her father's accession as George V in 1910, Mary assumed the style of "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary".
[a]
In 1922, Mary married
Viscount Lascelles
and began using the title "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles". When her husband succeeded as
Earl of Harewood
in 1929, Mary became known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood".
[61]
[b]
In 1932, her father gave her the title
Princess Royal
, which had previously belonged to her aunt Louise until her death the year prior. For the rest of her life, Mary was known as "Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal".
[65]
Honours
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British, British Empire and Commonwealth
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Foreign
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Freedom of the City
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Honorary military appointments
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British
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Military ranks
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Arms
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]
In 1931, Princess Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, was awarded her own personal
arms
, being the royal arms, differenced by a label argent of three points, each bearing a cross gules.
[77]
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Mary's banner of arms
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Mary's banner of arms in Scotland
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Ancestry
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Ancestors of Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood
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Notes
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]
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As a daughter of the sovereign, Mary was entitled to use the definite article before her name. Though it was often omitted in other prints, it was used in official reports in
The London Gazette
.
[57]
[58]
[59]
[60]
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Mary was generally referred to officially with the definite article.
[62]
[63]
[64]
References
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Clear, Royal Children, p. 78
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The Times
, 29 March 1965
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"Garden Party, Headingley Cricket Ground"
. Leodis - Leeds City council
. Retrieved
19 May
2021
.
The Princess carries an impressive bouquet of carnations and trailing fern and is escorted by former Leeds Lord Mayor Sir Edwin Airey, of the building company, William Airey and Son Leeds Ltd. The Lady Mayoress, Isabella Lupton escorts the Princess's husband, Viscount Lascelles, who is behind his wife. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Hugh Lupton, Lady Clarke and Mrs R.X. [N.] Middleton bring up the rear of the procession.
- ^
"Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood"
. London: National Portrait Gallery
. Retrieved
16 May
2021
.
On 27th July 1927, at the Headingley Cricket Ground, near Leeds, Princess Mary was photographed as guest of honour at a garden party. The procession of dignitaries which followed her included Charles Lupton's brother, Leeds Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton and his wife Isabella Lupton, the Lady Mayoress. Their niece, Olive Middleton (nee Lupton) was also photographed as one of the dignitaries in the procession walking behind Princess Mary. Olive had been on the Princess's fundraising committee for the Leeds Infirmary and her husband, Noel Middleton, had co-founded the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with both the Princess and her son George Lascelles as patrons.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood"
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b
"A Christmas Legacy Continues"
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b
UK
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.
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, issue 41826 dated 26 June 1918, p. 9
- ^
Collins, Alice S.
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(PDF)
.
New York Times
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.
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"To-night's Causerie: Princess Mary's Tour".
The Globe
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- ^
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.
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1 October
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.
- ^
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The princess maintained her interest with the Girl Guide Association throughout her life, serving as president from 1920 until her death.
- ^
"Ancestors of Kate Middleton found on film - greeting Princess Mary"
. British Pathe
. Retrieved
17 October
2015
.
Another film called 'Princess Mary' is from 1927 and it shows Kate Middleton's great-great-great uncle the Lord Mayor of Leeds Hugh Lupton and his wife Lady Mayoress Isabella Lupton greeting Princess Mary who had arrived in Leeds to inaugurate the Girls Week Campaign of Hunslet Young Women's Christian Association. Princess Mary was King George VI's sister and therefore is Prince William's great-great-aunt.
- ^
"Footage found of Duchess of Cambridge's ancestors - meeting royalty"
.
Evening Standard
. London. 9 July 2013
. Retrieved
20 October
2015
.
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"The Princess Royal hosts the Not Forgotten's Association's annual Christmas tea party"
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Allison, Ronald (1991). Allison, Ronald; Riddell, Sarah (eds.).
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(After her marriage in 1922) Princess Mary became the commandant-in-chief of the British Red Cross Detachments.
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Lucas, J. (2008).
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"Several well-known Leeds musical authorities tell of the opportunities afforded them to talk things musical to her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal"
.
Yorkshire Evening Post
. West Yorkshire, England. 10 January 1949
. Retrieved
20 September
2015
.
...(Princess Mary) was concert-going in Leeds as recently as this week-end when (she) attended the concert. The Princess Royal is a patron of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival. During the last series in October, 1947, she attended most...
- ^
"Hoping for a Boy"
.
The Barrier Miner
. Broken Hill. 6 September 1950
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20 September
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...the Countess plans to attend every night of the Leeds Triennial Musical Festival...
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required.)
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.
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.
...Gertrude was the wealthy sister of the Duchess of Cambridge's great-grandfather [Richard] Noel Middleton, a solicitor, director of the family's textile firm and - through his founding of the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra and his directorship of the Leeds Music Festival - on friendly terms with the Queen's aunt, Princess Mary
- ^
"COST OF £20.000"
.
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer
. Yorkshire, England. 28 July 1927
. Retrieved
2 June
2021
.
Mr. Sutherland and his wife had the honour of being presented to the Princess, also the Deputy Lady Mayoress (Mrs Owen), the Misses Airey, Sir Charles and Lady Wilson, the Vicar of Leeds and Mrs. Elliott, Miss Lupton, Mr. H. C. Emhleton, Mrs. Ostler...served tea...beautiful programme of music...[Also,
Leeds Mercury, 28 July 1927
...presented [to the Princess] were Sir Charles and Lady Wilson, the Rev. W. Thompson Elliott and Mrs. Elliott, the Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Sutherland, Mr. C. Embleton (the founder of the Leeds Choral Union), Lady Coward, Lady Clarke...Mrs Ostler, Alderman and Mrs. Ratcliffe, Miss Owen..]
- ^
"Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood"
. National Portrait Gallery, London
. Retrieved
16 May
2021
.
On 27th July 1927, at the Headingley Cricket Ground, near Leeds, Princess Mary was photographed as guest of honour at a garden party...Their niece, Olive Middleton (nee Lupton) was also photographed as one of the dignitaries in the procession walking behind Princess Mary. Olive had been on the Princess's fundraising committee for the Leeds Infirmary and her husband, Noel Middleton, had co-founded the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra with both the Princess and her son George Lascelles as patrons...Noel Middleton had attended soirees at Harewood House...
- ^
"Garden Party, Headingley Cricket Ground"
. Leodis - Leeds City council
. Retrieved
19 May
2021
.
The Princess carries an impressive bouquet of carnations and trailing fern and is escorted by former Leeds Lord Mayor Sir Edwin Airey, of the building company, William Airey and Son Leeds Ltd. The Lady Mayoress, Isabella Lupton escorts the Princess's husband, Viscount Lascelles, who is behind his wife. The Lord Mayor, Alderman Hugh Lupton, Lady Clarke and Mrs R.X. [N.] Middleton bring up the rear of the procession.
- ^
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.
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.
The committee was launched by Miss E.G. Lupton...it was announced that the Princess Royal had agreed to become Patron of the whole Appeal... Vice-Presidents are:-... Lady Irwin, Lady Bingley, Lady Moynihan,... Lady Burton.. the Hon. Mrs Edward Lascelles...serving on the Committee are...Lady Burton,...Miss Elinor Lupton... Mrs Noel Middleton...Miss J.B. Kitson...
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During the Bramham Moor Hunt season, hundreds of spectators would turn out to catch a glimpse of... However, Mary did not hunt often, preferring to watch horse racing instead...[...husband Viscount Harewood was Master of the (Bramham Moor) Hunt]...In the 1930s, there were regular house parties and a stream of visitors for the race events at Wetherby and York, ...
- ^
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.
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