Biography of Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire 1895-1988

On 17th May 1887 [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 25] and [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran [aged 48] and [her grandmother] Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 57] and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury [aged 60].

On 29th July 1895 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire was born to [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 33] and [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 28].

On 22nd August 1903 [her grandfather] Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury [aged 73] died. Monument at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map] by William Goscombe John [aged 43]. His son [her father] James [aged 41] succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 36] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire. Note the St George Pendant signifying his being a Knight of the Garter.

Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury: On 15th July 1867 she was born to Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. On 17th May 1887 James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury and she were married. She the daughter of Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran and Edith Jocelyn. He the son of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury and Georgina Alderson Marchioness of Salisbury. On 5th February 1955 Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury died.

On 26th June 1904 William Richard Ormsby-Gore 2nd Baron Harlech [aged 85] died. His son Ralph [aged 49] succeeded 3rd Baron Harlech. [her sister] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech [aged 12] by marriage Baroness Harlech.

On 12th April 1913 [her brother-in-law] George Arthur Ormsby-Gore 4th Baron Harlech [aged 28] and [her sister] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 51] and [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 45].

On 8th December 1915 [her brother] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury [aged 22] and [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury [aged 20] were married. He the son of [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 54] and [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 48].

In 1917 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 55] and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 49]. He the son of Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 48] and Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 46].

On 10th December 1917 [her son] William Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 22] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22]. He married 6th May 1944 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy, daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald.

Around 1918. James Jebusa Shannon [aged 55]. Portrait of Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 22] when Marchioness of Hartington.

On 2nd January 1920 [her son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 24] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 24]. He married 19th April 1941 Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford 2nd Baron Redesdale and Sydney Bowles Baroness Redesdale, and had issue.

On 6th November 1922 [her daughter] Mary Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 27] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 27]. She died aged less than one years old.

On 17th November 1922 [her daughter] Mary Cavendish died.

On 24th April 1926 [her daughter] Elizabeth Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 30] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 30].

On 6th November 1927 [her daughter] Anne Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 32] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 32].

On 28th November 1928 Henry Philip Hunloke [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich [aged 19] were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 60] and [her mother-in-law] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 58].

On 6th May 1938 [her father-in-law] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire [aged 69] died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son [her husband] Edward [aged 43] succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 42] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 [her mother-in-law] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire [aged 67] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].

Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire: On 27th August 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30th July 1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Devonshire. She the daughter of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. They were fifth cousins.

On 19th April 1941 Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire [aged 21] and Deborah Mitford [aged 21] were married. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 45] and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 45].

At the commencement of their honeymoon Deborah 'stopped the car when starting on her honeymoon and registered at a small Labour Exchange for National Service,' as per The Sketch.

On 9th September 1944 [her son] William Cavendish [aged 26] was killed in action by a sniper whilst leading a company trying to capture the town of Heppen in Belgium. He was buried at the Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.

On 4th April 1947 [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury [aged 85] died. His son [her brother] Robert [aged 53] succeeded 5th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 11th Earl Salisbury. [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury [aged 52] by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.

After 13th May 1948 [her former daughter-in-law] Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy [deceased] was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. Joseph Patrick Kennedy [aged 59], her father, was the only Kennedy family member to attend.

On Saturday 29th June 1963, around four in the afternoon, her grave was visited by her elder brother President John Fitzgerald Kennedy [aged 46], some five months before his assassination. He was travelling from to London for a meeting with the British Prime Minister when he made a detour landing at and then travelling by helicopter to St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. He laid a wreath which he had brought from Ireland. Present at the wreath laying was his sisters Eunice Mary Kennedy [aged 41] and Jean Ann Kennedy [aged 35], and the [her husband] Duke and Duchess [aged 67] of Devonshire.

On 26th November 1950 [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire [aged 55] died. His son Andrew [aged 30] succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington, 14th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire [aged 30] by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24th December 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire [aged 55] died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].

On 5th February 1955 [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury [aged 87] died.

On 23rd February 1972 [her brother] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury [aged 78] died. His son [her nephew] Robert [aged 55] succeeded 6th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 12th Earl Salisbury.

In 1980 [her sister] Beatrice Edith Mildred Gascoyne-Cecil Baroness Harlech [aged 88] died.