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Countess Eileen Marie Freehill (1858–1942)

The death occurred yesterday, at the age of 84 years, of Countess Eileen Marie Freehill, who was made a Papal Countess by Pope Pius XI, following her active participation in the Sydney Eucharistic Congress in 1928.

Countess Freehill, who died at Lewisham private hospital was the widow of the late Francis Bede Freehill, founder of the Sydney legal firm, Freehill, Hollingdale, and Co. She was a generous benefactor of Catholic institutions and charities, and took a special interest in the Westmead Boys Home.

Among buildings which she endowed were the tower of St John's College, Sydney University, of which her husband had been a Fellow, and the Seretti Memorial Chapel at the Catholic Seminary, Manly.

The funeral will leave for Waverley Cemetery to-day, after a requiem mass at St Mary's Cathedral at 9 a.m.

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'Freehill, Countess Eileen Marie (1858–1942)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/freehill-countess-eileen-marie-16941/text28825, accessed 19 March 2024.

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Alternative Names
  • Molony, Eileen Marie
Birth

1858
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death

12 June, 1942 (aged ~ 84)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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