Lady Mary Trefusis
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Lady Mary Trefusis | |
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.png) Lady Mary Trefusis from a 1927 magazine article | |
| Born | 26 February 1869 |
| Died | 12 September 1927 (aged 58) |
| Spouse(s) | Lt.-Col. Henry Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis |
| Father | 6th Earl Beauchamp |
Lady Mary Trefusis, née Lygon (26 February 1869–12 September 1927) was an English hymnwriter and courtier. She was also known as Lady Mary Forbes-Trefusis. She was a daughter of the
having joined her household while Mary was Princess of Wales.In the 1920s Trefusis was on the Diocesan Advisory Committee for Truro.[2]
Music
Lady Mary was a friend and promoter of the composer
Cecil Sharp House, is named after her. She directed a number of choirs, and together with Mary Wakefield was the joint founder of the National Association of Music Competition Festivals in 1904.[4] She served as president of the Society of Women Musicians from 1918-1919.[5] She collected, arranged and published Henry VIII – Songs, Ballads and Instrumental pieces in 1912.[6]
Foxlease
Lady Mary was instrumental in the acquisition of the house of
Rose Kerr was contacted by Trefusis, because Olave Baden-Powell, the World Chief Guide, was not in London. Trefusis was on the committee of a fund to which all the Marys of the British Empire had contributed, for a wedding present to the Princess. The Princess insisted that she could only accept a proportion of the fund as a personal gift. Trefusis proposed to Kerr that the remainder be spent buying a training centre for the Girl Guides, a cause close to the Princess's heart. Kerr suggested that the fund could furnish and equip Foxlease, but this was not immediately accepted as the Fund wanted a place that would be associated with Princess Mary's name. As the matter had to be settled by the next day, Kerr gave Trefusis the phone number of Pax Hill
, the Baden-Powells' home.
References
- ^ Seddon British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century; Trefusis, Mary.
- ^ "Appendix 3". The Protection for our English churches (1923 ed.). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. 1923. p. 49.
- ^ Karpeles, Maud (1967). Cecil Sharp: His life and work. Chicago, USA: University of Chicago Press. p. 114.
- ^ "Report of the Council". Ninth Annual Report of the Society of Women Musicians (Vol. 9 ed.). London, English: Society of Women Musicians. 1920. p. 2.
- ^ "The Association of Music Competition Festivals". The Musical Times (Vol. 61 Issue 934 ed.). London, English: Musical Times Publications, Ltd. March 1920. p. 1.
- ^ Trefusis, Mary (1912). Henry VIII – Songs, Ballads and Instrumental pieces. Oxford, England: Oxford.
Sources
- Seddon, Laura (15 April 2016). British Women Composers and Instrumental Chamber Music in the Early Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781317171348– via Google Books.
External links
- Lady Mary Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis (née Lygon); National Portrait Gallery
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