Violet Milner, Viscountess Milner

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Violet Georgina Milner (née< Maxse) (1872-1958) was an Edwardian society Lady and, later, editor of the political monthly, National Review. She exchanged letters with Lord Milner during his time in South Africa and alongside Violet Markham she established the Victorian League in 1901 to promote Milner's imperial vision. She was the wife of Lord Edward Cecil, son of the British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. After Lord Edward's death in the Great War (1918), she married the British statesman Lord Milner in 1921. Lady Milner took over as National Review editor after the death of her brother Leopold Maxse in 1932.


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  • Hugh Cecil & Mirabel Cecil (2002). Imperial Marriage. John Murray. 0719560438.  (Hardcover)

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