{{Short description|British public official}} {{About|the British public official|the American murder victim|Murder of Mary Phagan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Lady Mary Fagan | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|LG|DCVO|DStJ|JP|size=100%}} | image = Dame Mary Fagan (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Fagan in 2013 | office = Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire | monarch = Elizabeth II | term_start = 28 March 1994 | term_end = 11 September 2014 | predecessor = James Walter Scott | successor = Nigel Atkinson | birth_name = Florence Mary Vere-Laurie | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|9|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Nottinghamshire, England | spouse = Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (1960–present) | parents = {{unbulleted list|George Haliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie|Caroline Judith Francklin}} | children = {{unbulleted list|Christopher Hugh Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (died 1987)|James Tarleton Feltrim Fagan}} | rank = Honorary Rear Admiral | branch = Royal Naval Reserve | awards = Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter<br/>Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order<br/>Dame of the Order of St John<br/>Service Medal of the Order of St John with two gold bars }} '''Lady Florence Mary Fagan'''{{efn|After appointment as a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG), she became known as Lady Mary Fagan; she was formerly Dame Mary Fagan.<ref>Eleanor Cracknell, [https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/ladies-companion-of-the-garter/ Ladies Companion of the Garter], stgeorges-windsor.org, accessed 13 September 2022.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/alastairbruce_/status/997503928135766016 |title=Lady Mary Fagan |work=Alastair Bruce on Twitter |access-date=2019-06-25}}</ref>}} (born 11 September 1939) is a former Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, who served from 1994 until her retirement on 11 September 2014.<ref>[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/lieutenancy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626014740/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/lieutenancy |date=2018-06-26 }}, hants.gov.uk; accessed 27 June 2015.</ref>

==Early life and family== Fagan was born at Gonalston Hall, Nottinghamshire, England. Fagan's parents were Lt. Col. George Haliburton Foster Peel Vere-Laurie and Caroline Judith Francklin.<ref name=":0">Mosley, Charles, editor (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage Ltd.</ref>

She was married on 21 October 1960 to Captain Christopher Tarleton Feltrim Fagan, son of Christopher Frederick Feltrim Fagan and Helen Maud Tarleton,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1976). Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd.</ref> with whom she has had two sons: Christopher Hugh Tarleton Feltrim Fagan (died in a motor car accident in 1987) and James Tarleton Feltrim Fagan.<ref name=":1" />

==Charitable and public service== Lady Mary is chair of trustees of the Countess of Brecknock Hospice Trust. She is also a trustee of the Overlord Embroidery Trust, The Edwina Mountbatten and Leonora Children's Foundation, and Winchester Cathedral Trust.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Countess Of Brecknock Hospice Trust|url=http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?subid=0&regid=1067238|website=Charity Commission}}</ref>

She served as Chancellor of the University of Winchester from 2006 to 2014.<ref name=garter/>

==Honours== In the 2009 Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO), and thereby granted the title ''dame''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=59090|date=13 June 2009|page=3|supp=y}}</ref> She was appointed a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) on 23 April 2018, and thereby granted the title ''lady''.<ref name=garter>{{cite web |url=https://www.royal.uk/appointments-order-garter |title=Appointments to the Order of the Garter |date=23 April 2018 |website=The Royal Family |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> She is also a Dame of the Order of St John.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/patrons/lady-mary-fagan-lg-dcvo-vice-president | title=Lady Mary Fagan, LG, DCVO (Vice President) - Hampshire Archive Trust | date=18 February 2022 }}</ref>

==Affiliations== * Honorary Rear Admiral in the Royal Naval Reserve * Honorary Colonel, 457 Battery RA * Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Magistrates * 27 April 1998: Honorary Colonel, 78 (Fortress) Engineer Regiment (Volunteers)<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=55110|supp=y|page=4764| date=27 April 1998}}</ref> * Honorary Colonel, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Volunteers) 4th Division

==Arms== {{Emblem table | image = File:Coat of Arms of Lady Mary Fagan.svg | imagesize = 250px | bannerimage = Garter_Banner_of_Lady_Mary_Fagan.svg | notes = Fagan uses the same shield that her father, George Halliburton Vere-Laurie, used.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/norwell/pmonverelauriegh.jpg |title=Norwell St Laurence: Monuments and Memorials: pmonverelauriegh |publisher=southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=10 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110155042/https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/norwell/pmonverelauriegh.jpg |archive-date=10 January 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/17/uk/gallery/prince-philip-funeral/index.html|title=In pictures: Prince Philip's funeral|publisher=CNN|date=19 April 2021|access-date=10 January 2022|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127144426/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/17/uk/gallery/prince-philip-funeral/index.html|archive-date=27 November 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, Fagan's supporters and badge were granted directly to her by the College of Arms.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/159-january-2019-newsletter-no-57|title=January 2019 Newsletter (no. 57)|publisher=College of Arms|date=January 2019|access-date=10 January 2022|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231233912/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/159-january-2019-newsletter-no-57|archive-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> A wooden rendition of her badge has been carved to be placed above her Garter stall in St George's Chapel, in place of the usual wooden crest that appears above men's stalls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldicsculptor.com/gartcres.html |title=Garter Crests |publisher=heraldicsculptor.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122081607/http://www.heraldicsculptor.com/gartcres.html |archive-date=22 November 2021 }}</ref> | year_adopted = | coronet = | crest = None<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/159-january-2019-newsletter-no-57|title=January 2019 Newsletter (no. 57)|publisher=College of Arms|date=January 2019|access-date=10 January 2022|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231233912/https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/item/159-january-2019-newsletter-no-57|archive-date=31 December 2021}}</ref> | torse = | helm = | escutcheon = | supporters = | compartment = | motto = '''Vero Nihil Verius'''<br />(''lit. Nothing truer than truth'') | other_elements = | banner = The banner of the Lady Mary Fagan's arms used as lady of the Garter depicted at St George's Chapel. | badge = On a chapeau Gules turned up and semy of mullets Argent a boar passant | orders = The Order of the Garter (Appointed 2018); The Royal Victorian Order (Appointed DCVO 2009) | symbolism = The arms are her paternal arms: the first quarter is for Laurie (containing laurel branches as a pun on the name), while the second quarter is for Vere. Fagan's motto is also taken from the Vere family, with the Latin "Vero" being a play upon the name. An alternative translation of the motto could be ''Nothing truer than Vere''. Similarly, the boar and chapeau badge is a variation of the crest of the Vere family. The boar supporters are coherent with the boar heraldry of the Veres but are also a reference to Fagan's former position as Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire: a white boar is a symbol of Hampshire. White boar supporters also appear in the coat of arms of the University of Winchester, of which she has been Chancellor. Her position at Winchester is further reflected in the castles – upon which the boars stand – which are taken from the arms of the City of Winchester. }}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Lady Mary Fagan}} * [http://www.feweek.co.uk/index.php/2011/12/02/lord-lieutenant-dame-mary-fagan-opens-new-library-at-barton-peveril-college Dame Mary Fagan opens new library at Barton Peveril College] * [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/briefing/the_tigers/6230381.Lord_Lieutenant_meets_The_Tigers "Fagan meets The Tigers"]

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