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Salisbury, Cicely Alice Gore Salisbury, Marchioness, 1867-1955
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Dates of existence
1867-1955
History
Lady Cicely (Cecilia, Cecil) Alicia Gore Salisbury, Marchioness of Salisbury, was born on July 15, 1867, in London, England, daughter of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox Gore, 5th Earl of Arran of the Arran Islands (1839-1901), and Lady Edith Elizabeth Henrietta Jocelyn (1845-1871).
She was an English noblewoman. In 1887, she married James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (1861-1947). High-spirited and a sympathetic conversationalist, she soothed her husband's self-doubts and, as an energetic and popular hostess, complemented his public life. She acquired political significance through friendships with and mediations between public figures—most notably as Lord Kitchener's unofficial channel of communication with the cabinet during his dispute with Curzon over Indian military arrangements in the early 1900s. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem and a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire. She served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra between 1907 and 1910.
She died on February 5, 1955, in London, England.