Lady Mary Trefusis

Lady

Mary Trefusis
Lady Mary Trefusis from a 1927 magazine article
Born(1869-02-26)26 February 1869[1]
London, England
Died12 September 1927(1927-09-12) (aged 58)
Truro, Cornwall[2]
Spouse(s)Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
Father6th Earl Beauchamp

Lady Mary Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (née Lygon; 26 February 1869 – 12 September 1927) was an English hymnwriter and courtier. She was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Mary,[3] having joined her household while Mary was Princess of Wales.[2]

She was a daughter of the 6th Earl Beauchamp and the wife of Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (a son of the 20th Baron Clinton) in 1905 and had issue.

In the 1920s Trefusis was on the Diocesan Advisory Committee for Truro.[4]

  1. ^ "Births". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 27 February 1869. p. 1.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Lady Mary Trefusis". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 12 September 1927. p. 15.
  3. ^ Seddon British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century; Trefusis, Mary.
  4. ^ "Appendix 3". The Protection for our English churches (1923 ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 1923. p. 49.