Wedding of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles 1922

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Sir Victor Audley Falconer Mackenzie, 3rd Baronet (15 December 1882 – 18 April 1944) was a

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officer, baronet and courtier. He was the son of Sir Allan Russell Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet and Lucy Eleanora Davidson. After attending the

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he was commissioned into the

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, being promoted to lieutenant in 1902. On 19 August 1906 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy, and he was made a

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(5th Class) in the same year. He saw active service in the

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, during which he was

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and was wounded twice. In 1916 Mackenzie was awarded the

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for his service in the war. In 1920 he was awarded with the Medalla de la Solidaridad (3rd Class) by the government of Panama. In 1922 he acted as

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to Viscount Lascelles in his wedding to Princess Mary. Between 1930 and 1932 he was commander of the 153rd Infantry Brigade. In 1932 he was made

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, serving in the role until 1936. In 1936 he was an Extra Groom in Waiting to

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, and retained the position in the household of

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from 1937 until his death in 1944. In 1937 he was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.

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