Baron Freyberg , of Wellington in New Zealand and of Munstead in the County of Surrey , is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1951 for the prominent military commander Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg . He served as Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. His only son, the second Baron, was a Colonel in the Grenadier Guards .
7-669: 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), British peer Valerian Freyberg, 3rd Baron Freyberg (born 1970), British peer See also [ edit ] Baron Freyberg Freiberg (disambiguation) Freiburg (disambiguation) Freyberg High School Freyburg (disambiguation) Friberg Fribourg (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
14-526: A baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Baron Freyberg As of 2017 , the title is held by the latter's only son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1993. Lord Freyberg is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 , and sits as a cross-bencher. The family seat
21-539: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg Barbara Freyberg, Baroness Freyberg , GBE , DStJ (born Barbara Jekyll and known as Barbara McLaren during her first marriage; 14 June 1887 – 24 September 1973) was a British peeress . Born as Barbara Jekyll , she was a daughter of Colonel Sir Herbert Jekyll, KCMG and his wife, Dame Agnes Graham Jekyll, DBE . On 20 July 1911, she married Hon. Francis Walter Stafford McLaren , the-then Liberal MP for Spalding and
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35-520: The second son of the 1st Baron Aberconway . They had two sons, Major Martin John McLaren (11 January 1914 – 27 July 1979) and Guy Lewis Ian McLaren (8 November 1915 – 18 August 1978). Francis, a Royal Flying Corps officer and the member of parliament for Spalding in Lincolnshire , was killed in a flying accident 1917. As a result, and out of a desire to retain her connection with the town, Barbara
42-648: Was a welfare worker in Cairo , was mentioned in dispatches 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 in the 1953 New Year Honours . She died in 1973 at 65 Chelsea Square , London SW3. She was interred in the churchyard of Saint Martha on the Hill in Guildford , Surrey , alongside her second husband (and later her son). This biography of
49-613: Was instrumental in the construction of Spalding War Memorial . She commissioned Sir Edwin Lutyens through her aunt, Gertrude Jekyll —a friend and collaborator of Lutyens. She donated £1,000 towards the cost of the memorial and attended the unveiling ceremony on 9 June 1922. On 14 June 1922 Barbara married her second husband, Bernard Cyril Freyberg (later Baron Freyberg ), at St. Martha-on-the-Hill , near Guildford , Surrey . They had one son: Paul Richard Freyberg, 2nd Baron Freyberg (27 May 1923 – 26 May 1993). During World War II , she
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