Lady Florence Mary Fagan,[a] 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.[3]
Mary Fagan | |
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Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire | |
In office 28 March 1994 – 11 September 2014 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | James Walter Scott |
Succeeded by | Nigel Atkinson |
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Born | Florence Mary Vere-Laurie 11 September 1939 Nottinghamshire, England |
Spouse | Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (1960–present) |
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Fagan was born at Gonalston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England. Fagan's parents were Lt. Col. George Haliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie and Caroline Judith Francklin.[4]
She was married on 21 October 1960 to Captain Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan, son of Christopher Frederick Feltrim Fagan and Helen Maud Tarleton,[4][5] with whom she has had two sons: Christopher Hugh Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (died in a motor car accident in 1987) and James Tarleton Feltrim Fagan.[5]
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.[6]
She served as Chancellor of the University of Winchester from 2006 to 2014.[7]
In the 2009 Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO), and thereby granted the title dame.[8] She was appointed a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) on 23 April 2018, and thereby granted the title lady.[7]
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