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

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

On 29th July 1895 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire was born to James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 33) and Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 28).

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

On 10th December 1917 [her son] William Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 22) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 22).

On 2nd January 1920 [her son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 24) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 24).

On 6th November 1922 [her daughter] Mary Cavendish was born to [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 27) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 27).

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 (age 30) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 30).

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

On 28th November 1928 Henry Philip Hunloke (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 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 (age 60) and [her mother-in-law] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 58).

On 6th May 1938 [her father-in-law] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son [her husband] Edward (age 43) succeeded 10th Duke Devonshire, 13th Earl Devonshire, 5th Earl Burlington, 13th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 42) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 2nd April 1960 [her mother-in-law] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire (age 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 [her son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Deborah Mitford (age 21) were married. He the son of [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 45) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 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 (age 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 (age 85) died. His son [her brother] Robert (age 53) succeeded 5th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 11th Earl Salisbury. Elizabeth Vere Cavendish Marchioness Salisbury (age 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 (age 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 (age 46), some five months before his assassination. He was travelling from Shannon to London for a meeting with the British Prime Minister when he made a detour landing at Waddington 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 (age 41) and Jean Ann Kennedy (age 35), and the [her husband] Duke and Duchess (age 67) of Devonshire.

On 26th November 1950 [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 55) died. His son [her son] Andrew (age 30) succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington, 14th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [her daughter-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 30) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24th December 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 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 (age 87) died.