Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury

The Most Honourable

The Marchioness of Salisbury

VA CI
The Most Honourable; The Marchioness of Salisbury; VA CI
	Photograph, c. 1862
Born	Georgina Charlotte Alderson; 1827; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	20 November 1899 (aged 71–72); Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England
Buried	St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield
Spouse(s)	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (m. 1857)
Issue	Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne; Lady Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil; James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury; Lord William Cecil; Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood; Lord Edward Cecil; Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood;
Father	Sir Edward Alderson
Mother	Georgina Catherine Drewe

Georgina Charlotte Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, VA, CI (née Alderson; 1827 – 20 November 1899) was the wife of British Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. The eldest daughter of a judge, her lack of wealth and social connections earned the disapproval of the 2nd Marquess of Salisbury; despite this, Alderson married his son Robert in 1857.

Though the marriage was happy and grew to include eight children, Robert and Georgina's first years together were pinched financially. To supplement their income, Lady Georgina aided her husband as he contributed political articles to various newspapers. Their circumstances improved when Lord Robert became his father's heir in 1865, and in 1868 he inherited the Salisbury title. She hosted parties and receptions at Hatfield House and in London that aided his political career in the Conservative Party.

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