Mary Windsor Princess RoyalAge: 671897–1965
- Name
- Mary Windsor Princess Royal
- Given names
- Mary
- Surname
- Windsor
- Name suffix
- Princess Royal
| Birth | 25 April 1897 31 29 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | 1897
maternal grandmother -
Mary Adelaide …
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| Australian History | 1897 Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia. |
| Australian History | 1898 (Age 8 months) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join. |
| Australian History | 1899 (Age 20 months) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War. |
| Birth of a brother | 31 March 1900 (Age 2) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
younger brother -
Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke
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| Death of a maternal grandfather | 1900 (Age 2)
maternal grandfather -
Francis … Duke Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1900 (Age 2) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent |
| Australian History | 1901 (Age 3) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time |
| Birth of a brother | 20 December 1902 (Age 5) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
younger brother -
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
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| Australian History | 1902 (Age 4) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered |
| Australian History | 1903 (Age 5) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1904 (Age 6) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government |
| Birth of a brother | 12 July 1905 (Age 8) York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
younger brother -
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
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| Australian History | 1906 (Age 8) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea |
| Australian History | 1908 (Age 10) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead |
| Australian History | 1909 (Age 11) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 6 May 1910 (Age 13) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
paternal grandfather -
Edward VII Wettin King Of England
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| Australian History | 1910 (Age 12) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government. |
| Australian History | 1911 (Age 13) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed. |
| Australian History | 1912 (Age 14) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 15) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'. |
| Australian History | 1913 (Age 15) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place |
| Australian History | 1914 (Age 16) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's. |
| Australian History | 1915 (Age 17) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1916 (Age 18) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected |
| Australian History | 1917 (Age 19) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks. |
| Australian History | 1918 (Age 20) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth. |
| Death of a brother | 18 January 1919 (Age 21) Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England
younger brother -
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
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| Australian History | 1919 (Age 21) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea. |
| Australian History | 1920 (Age 22) Note: The airline Qantas is founded |
| Australian History | 1921 (Age 23) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament |
| Marriage | Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount - View family 28 February 1922 (Age 24) Westminster, Abbey, London, England |
| Australian History | 1922 (Age 24) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney |
| Birth of a son #1 | 1923 (Age 25) |
| Marriage of a brother | Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor - View family 26 April 1923 (Age 26)
elder brother -
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
sister-in-law -
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon Lady
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| Australian History | 1923 (Age 25) Note: Vegemite is first produced |
| Birth of a son #2 | 1924 (Age 26)
son -
Gerald Lascelles Hon.
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | 20 November 1925 (Age 28) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
paternal grandmother -
Princess Alexandra … Of Denmark
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| Australian History | 1926 (Age 28) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held |
| Australian History | 1927 (Age 29) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital |
| Australian History | 1928 (Age 30) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built. |
| Australian History | 1929 (Age 31) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia. |
| Australian History | 1930 (Age 32) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup |
| Australian History | 1931 (Age 33) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia |
| Australian History | 1932 (Age 34) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Australian History | 1933 (Age 35) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Marriage of a brother | George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent - View family 29 November 1934 (Age 37) Westminster, Abbey, London, England
younger brother -
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
sister-in-law -
Princess Marina … Of Greece
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| Marriage of a brother | Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke - View family 6 November 1935 (Age 38) Buckingham, Palace, London, England
younger brother -
Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke
sister-in-law -
Alice Christabel Montagu-Douglas Lady
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| Death of a father | 20 January 1936 (Age 38) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 38) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Marriage of a brother | Edward VIII Windsor Duke Of Windsor - View family 3 June 1937 (Age 40) Chateau DE Cande, Monts, France
elder brother -
Edward VIII Windsor Duke Of Windsor
sister-in-law -
Bessiewallis Warfield
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| Australian History | 1937 (Age 39) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 40) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 41) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 42) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 43) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Death of a brother | 25 August 1942 (Age 45) Morven, Scotland
younger brother -
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
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| Australian History | 1942 (Age 44) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Australian History | 1943 (Age 45) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 46) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Australian History | 1945 (Age 47) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time |
| Australian History | 1946 (Age 48) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council. |
| Death of a husband | 1947 (Age 49)
husband -
Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount
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| Australian History | 1948 (Age 50) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Marriage of a son | Viscount George Lascelles Earl Of Harewood - View family 1949 (Age 51)
daughter-in-law -
Countess Marion Donata Stein
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| Australian History | 1949 (Age 51) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | 1950 (Age 52)
grandson -
David Lascelles Viscount
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| Australian History | 1950 (Age 52) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party |
| Australian History | 1951 (Age 53) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand |
| Marriage of a son | Gerald Lascelles Hon. - View family 1952 (Age 54)
son -
Gerald Lascelles Hon.
daughter-in-law -
Angela Dowding
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| Death of a brother | 6 February 1952 (Age 54) Sandringham, Norfolk, England
elder brother -
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
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| Burial of a brother | 11 March 1952 (Age 54) St. George Chap., Windsor, England
elder brother -
Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor
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| Australian History | 1952 (Age 54) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia. |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | 1953 (Age 55)
grandson -
James Lascelles Hon.
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| Birth of a grandson #3 | 1953 (Age 55)
grandson -
Henry Lascelles
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| Death of a mother | 24 March 1953 (Age 55) Marlborough Hse, London, England
mother -
Queen Mary … Of Teck
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| Australian History | 1954 (Age 56) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | 1955 (Age 57)
grandson -
Jeremy Lascelles Hon.
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| Australian History | 1955 (Age 57) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill' |
| Australian History | 1956 (Age 58) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage |
| Australian History | 1957 (Age 59) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success. |
| Australian History | 1962 (Age 64) Note: Robert Menzies' Commonwealth Electoral Act provided that all Indigenous Australians should have the right to enrol and vote at federal elections, removing remaining restrictions applying in QLD, WA and NT. Note: Malayan Insurgence ends |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | 1963 (Age 65)
grandson -
Martin Lascelles
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| Birth of a grandson #6 | 1964 (Age 66)
grandson -
Mark Lascelles Hon.
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| Australian History | 1964 (Age 66) Note: The Beatles tour Australia; Note: 82 sailors die when HMAS Voyager sinks after being rammed by HMAS Melbourne; Note: The editors of Oz magazine are charged with obscenity; Note: PM Robert Menzies announces the reintroduction of compulsory military service for men aged from 18-25 years old; Note: First troops sent to Vietnam War. |
| Australian History | 1965 (Age 67) Note: Indigenous Australians gain right to vote in state of Queensland |
| Death | 28 March 1965 (Age 67) Harewood House, Yorkshire, England |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Birth 3 June 1865 23 20 Marlborough Hse, London, England Death 20 January 1936 (Age 70) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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2 years mother |
Queen Mary … Of Teck
Birth 26 May 1867 30 34 Kensington, Palace, London, England Death 24 March 1953 (Age 85) Marlborough Hse, London, England |
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Marriage: 6 July 1893 — Chapel Royal, St. James Palace, London, England |
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1 year #1 elder brother |
Birth 23 June 1894 29 27 White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey, England Death 28 May 1972 (Age 77) Paris, France |
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18 months #2 elder brother |
Birth 14 December 1895 30 28 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 6 February 1952 (Age 56) Sandringham, Norfolk, England |
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16 months #3 herself |
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
Birth 25 April 1897 31 29 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 28 March 1965 (Age 67) Harewood House, Yorkshire, England |
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3 years #4 younger brother |
Henry William Frederick Windsor Duke
Birth 31 March 1900 34 32 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 1974 (Age 73) |
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3 years #5 younger brother |
George Edward Alexander Windsor Duke Of Kent
Birth 20 December 1902 37 35 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 25 August 1942 (Age 39) Morven, Scotland |
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3 years #6 younger brother |
John Charles Francis Windsor Prince
Birth 12 July 1905 40 38 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 18 January 1919 (Age 13) Wood Farm, Wolferton, Norfolk, England |
| Family with Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount - View family |
| husband |
Henry George Charles Lascelles Viscount
Birth 1882 Death 1947 (Age 65) |
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15 years herself |
Mary Windsor Princess Royal
Birth 25 April 1897 31 29 York Cottage, Sandringham, Norfolk, England Death 28 March 1965 (Age 67) Harewood House, Yorkshire, England |
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Marriage: 28 February 1922 — Westminster, Abbey, London, England |
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10 months #1 son |
Viscount George Lascelles Earl Of Harewood
Birth 1923 41 25 Death yes |
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1 year #2 son |
Gerald Lascelles Hon.
Birth 1924 42 26 Death yes |