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 (d. 1950), married William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Lady Gwendolen (Gascoyne-)Cecil (d. 1945), author, and biographer of her father; she never married.
Lady Fanny Georgina Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil (d. 1867), died as an infant.
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)
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 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1885-1886	Succeeded by Catherine Gladstone
Preceded by Catherine Gladstone	Spouse of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1886-1892	Succeeded by Catherine Gladstone
Preceded by Catherine Gladstone 1892-94	Spouse of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1895-1899	Succeeded by Charlotte Campbell-Bannerman 1905-08