Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg
- Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg
Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg GBE (died 24 September 1973) was a British peeress.
Born Barbara Jekyll, she was a daughter of Col. Sir Herbert Jekyll. On 20 July 1911, she married Hon. Francis McLaren (Liberal MP for Spalding, the second son of the 1st Baron Aberconway) and they had two sons, Martin John McLaren (1914–1979) and Guy Lewis Ian McLaren (1915 – 1978). Barbara's husband was killed in action in 1917 and on 14 June 1922, she married Bernard Freyberg (later Baron Freyberg) at St. Martha-on-the-Hill, near Guildford, Surrey. They later had an only son, Paul a year later.
During World War II, Barbara was a welfare worker in Cairo, was mentioned in despatches and awarded an OBE in 1943. When her husband's term as Governor-General of New Zealand ended in 1952, Lady Freyberg was awarded the GBE a year later.
ources
* [http://www.burkes-peerage.net/ Burke's Peerage & Gentry]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Freyberg — may refer to:* Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg (died 1973), British peeress * Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889 1963), New Zealand s most famous soldier and military commander * Paul Richard Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg (1923 1993),… … Wikipedia
baron — /bar euhn/, n. 1. a member of the lowest grade of nobility. 2. (in Britain) a. a feudal vassal holding his lands under a direct grant from the king. b. a direct descendant of such a vassal or his equal in the nobility. c. a member of the House of … Universalium
Baron — /bann rddawonn /, n. Michel /mee shel /, (Michel Boyron), 1653 1729, French actor. * * * I Title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a viscount or a count (in countries without viscounts). The wife of a baron is a baroness.… … Universalium
1973 in the United Kingdom — Events from the year 1973 in the United Kingdom.Incumbents* Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II * Prime Minister Edward Heath, Conservative PartyEvents* 1 January The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic… … Wikipedia
List of World War II topics (B) — # B 17 Flying Fortress (video game) # B 17 Flying Fortress # B 17, Queen of the Skies # B 24 Liberator # B 29 Superfortress # B Reactor # Błyskawica radiostation # Błyskawica submachine gun # Børge Mathiesen # BA 10 # BA 11 # BA 20 # BA 21 # BA… … Wikipedia
Kloster Sankt Alban — Dieser Artikel behandelt das Dießener Kloster St. Alban. Für das Basler Kloster St. Alban siehe Kloster St. Alban (Basel). Für das Mainzer Kloster Stift St. Alban vor Mainz. Das Kloster St. Alban ist ein Kloster der Benediktinerinnen im Dießener… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Kloster St. Alban (Dießen am Ammersee) — Das Kloster St. Alban ist ein Kloster der Benediktinerinnen im Dießener Ortsteil St. Alban. Die Klostergemeinschaft wurde 1923 von Baroness Barbara von Freyberg, genannt Schwester Annuntiata in den Räumlichkeiten einer ehemaligen Wirtschaft… … Deutsch Wikipedia
