Person    | Female  Born 25/4/1897  Died 28/3/1965

Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

Categories: Royalty

Third child and only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Born York Cottage, Sandringham Estate. Her elder brothers became, in quick succession, Edward VIII and George VI. She married the sixth Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles in 1922. Promoted and supported nursing during and after WW1, even working at Great Ormond Street at one time. Died at Harewood House.

Our rather murky picture shows the Princess visiting the Foundling School at St Anne's, Redhill. There is another picture of her on Woodrow Wilson's page.

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Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

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Day nursery

This day nursery was opened on the 25th of July 1928 by HRH Princess Mary Vis...

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Princess Royal, Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, Viscountess Lascelles

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Lawrence Hall - Viscountess Lascelles

This building was opened on June 26th 1928 by her Royal Highness Princess Mar...

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Mothers' Union - right

Inaugurated 1915 Emily Wilberforce – Central President This building was er...

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Princess Royal Nurses Home

According to Time Magazine at the time this foundation stone was laid, summer...

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