Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury
Georgina Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, VA, CI (1827, Paddington – 20 November 1899, Hatfield House) was the wife of British statesman, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury.
Lady Salisbury was the daughter of Sir Edward Alderson, a judge and a Baron of the Exchequer. On 11 July 1857, she married Lord Robert Cecil (later 3rd Marquess of Salisbury), a younger son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury (despite the disapproval of the latter), and they had eight children:
- Lady Beatrix Maud Gascoyne-Cecil (11 April 1858 – 27 April 1950), married William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne (later styled as the Countess of Selborne)
- Lady Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil (28 July 1860 – 28 September 1945), author, biographer of her father; unmarried
- James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861–1947)
- Lord (Rupert Ernest) William (Gascoyne-)Cecil (1863–1936)
- (Edgar Algernon) Robert (Gascoyne-)Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864–1958)
- Lady Fanny Georgina Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil (1865 – 24 April 1867), died as an infant
- Lord Edward (Gascoyne-)Cecil (1867–1918)
- Hugh Richard Heathcote (Gascoyne-)Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1869–1956)
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| Preceded by Catherine Gladstone |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by Catherine Gladstone |
| Preceded by Catherine Gladstone |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1886–1892 |
Succeeded by Catherine Gladstone |
| Vacant Title last held by Catherine Gladstone |
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1895–1899 |
Vacant Title next held by The Lady Campbell-Bannerman |
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