Duchess of Teck, a frequent guest at Brocket Hall, and the mother of Queen Mary. Through this connection, Gian was a lifelong friend and confidant of Queen Mary and she and Lord Mount Stephen regularly entertained her and her husband, George V, at Brocket. The Duchess of Teck was said to have been strongly in favour of Gian and Mount Stephen's marriage. Gian Mount Stephen had a stillborn daughter in March 1900, and there were no other children of the marriage. She was said to have preferred the life at Brocket Hall to the social life that surrounded their city residence on Carlton House Terrace. She was also said to have been exceedingly popular around Hatfield, and her many benefactions endeared her to hundreds. Lady Mount Stephen was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919 for her work with Queen Mary's Needlework Guild, the same year her stepdaughter, Alice, was also awarded the same honour. Gian, Lady Mount Stephen gave Queen Mary a diamond riviere necklace, which was later given to Princess Margaret, who wore it on her wedding day. Lady Mount Stephen died in 1933 at Cuckfield, Sussex, England. As Lord Mount Stephen had left no natural heirs by either of his wives, his titles died with him. See also Canadian Hereditary Peers Golden Square Mile References External links Biography from Digital collections of Canada Photograph: George Stephen in 1865. McCord Museum Photograph: George Stephen in 1871. McCord Museum 1829 births 1921 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Canadian Pacific Railway executives Canadian railway entrepreneurs Canadian Presbyterians Canadian baronets Canadian peers Canadian philanthropists Canadian Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Scottish Presbyterians Peers of Scotland Scottish philanthropists Scottish knights Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Deputy Lieutenants of Banffshire Pre-Confederation Canadian businesspeople Anglophone Quebec people Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Bank of Montreal presidents 19th-century Canadian businesspeople 20th-century Canadian businesspeople Immigrants to the Province of Canada Peers of the United Kingdom created by Queen Victoria