Biography of Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire 1895-1988
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Maternal Family Tree: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 1751-1818
On 17 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 Countess Arran. He the son of [her grandfather] Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 57).
On 29 Jul 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).
On 22 Aug 1903 [her grandfather] Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury (age 73) died. His son [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 41) succeeded 4th Marquess Salisbury in Wiltshire, 10th Earl Salisbury. [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 36) by marriage Marchioness Salisbury in Wiltshire.
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 10 Dec 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 02 Jan 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 06 Nov 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 24 Apr 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 06 Nov 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 06 May 1938 [her father-in-law] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire (age 69) died at Chatsworth House [Map]. He was buried at Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map]. His son [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (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 02 Apr 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 27 Aug 1870 she was born to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess Lansdowne. On 30 Jul 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.
In 1941 [her son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 20) and [her daughter-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 20) 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).
On 06 May 1944 [her son] William Cavendish (age 26) and [her daughter-in-law] Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy (age 24) were married at Chelsea Register Office. She the daughter of Joseph Patrick Kennedy (age 55) and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 53). He the son of [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 49) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 48).
The Duke of Devonshire and the bride's eldest brother Joseph P. Kennedy Jr (age 28), a lieutenant in the United States Navy, signed the marriage register The Duke of Rutland (age 24) served as best man.
The photos, from left to right, Mary, Duchess of Devonshire, the grooms William, Marquess of Hartington, the bride Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Edward, 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy: On 20 Feb 1920 she was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald at Brookline Massachusetts. On 13 May 1948 Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy and William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 8th and 6th Earl Fitzwilliam died in a plane crash at the Plateau du Coiron, Saint-Bauzile during the course of their journey from Paris. His first cousin once removed Eric Spencer Wentworth-Fitzwilliam 9th and 7th Earl Fitzwilliam succeeded 9th Earl Fitzwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 11th Baron Fitzwilliam of Liffer in Donegal. His wealth, estimated at 45 million pounds, including half of the Wentworth Woodhouse estate, the Coolattin estate in County Wicklow, Ireland, and a large part of the Fitzwilliam art collection went to his daughter Ann Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Marchioness Bristol.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy: On 25 Jul 1915 he was born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. On 12 Aug 1944 Joseph Patrick Kennedy was killed at Blythburgh, Suffolk when his plane exploded over the English Channel during a top-secret mission.
On 04 Apr 1947 [her father] James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury (age 85) died. His son [her brother] Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess Salisbury (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 13 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 29 Jun 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 26 Nov 1950 [her husband] Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 55) died. His son [her son] Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (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 24 Dec 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 02 Jun 1953 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (age 27) was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher (age 66) at Westminster Abbey [Map].
Her ladies in waiting were:
Mistress of the Robes: Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 57)
Maids of Honour:
Mary Baillie-Hamilton (age 19)
Jane Antonia Frances Vane-Tempest-Stewart (age 20)
Nancy Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (age 18)
Anne Veronica Coke Baroness Glenconner (age 20)
Moyra Kathleen Hamilton (age 23)
On 05 Feb 1955 [her mother] Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury (age 87) died.
On 07 Jun 1962 Victor Montagu 10th Earl Sandwich (age 56) and [her former sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 52) were married. She the daughter of [her former father-in-law] Victor Christian William Cavendish 9th Duke Devonshire and [her former mother-in-law] Evelyn Emily Mary Petty-Fitzmaurice Duchess Devonshire. He the son of George Charles Montagu 9th Earl Sandwich (age 87) and Alberta Sturges Countess Sandwich (age 84).
On 15 Jun 1962 George Charles Montagu 9th Earl Sandwich (age 87) died. His son Victor Montagu 10th Earl Sandwich (age 56) succeeded 10th Earl Sandwich. [her former sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 52) by marriage Countess Sandwich.
In 1965 Victor Montagu 10th Earl Sandwich (age 58) and [her former sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 55) were divorced.
On 18 May 1981 [her former sister-in-law] Anne Cavendish Countess Sandwich (age 71) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 21 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Philip IV King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: James Cecil 5th Earl Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: James Cecil 6th Earl of Salisbury 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Tufton Countess of Salisbury 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: James Cecil 1st Marquess Salisbury 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Keet of Canterbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Keet Countess of Salisbury
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Trevor Hill 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Great x 3 Grandfather: Wills Hill 1st Marquess Downshire
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Amelia Hill Marchioness Salisbury 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzgerald 19th Earl of Kildare 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaretta Fitzgerald 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary O'Brien Countess Kildare 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess Salisbury 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Crisp Gascoyne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bamber Gascoigne "The Elder"
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Bamber
Great x 2 Grandfather: Bamber "The Younger" Gascoyne
Great x 4 Grandfather: Issac Green of Lancashire
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Green
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Aspinwall
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Mary Gascoyne Marchioness Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandfather: Chase Price
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sarah Bridget Frances Price
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Evelyn Glanville
Great x 3 Grandmother: Susan Evelyn
Father: James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess Salisbury 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Arthur Saunders Gore 1st Earl Arran
Great x 3 Grandfather: Arthur Saunders Gore 2nd Earl Arran
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Saunders
Great x 2 Grandfather: William John Gore 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Annesley 1st Viscount Glerawly 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Annesley 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Beresford 
11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Gore 4th Earl Arran 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Hales 3rd Baronet 17 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hales 4th Baronet 18 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Caroline Hales 19 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
GrandFather: Arthur Saunders Gore 5th Earl Arran 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Francis Patrick Napier
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Marianne Napier Countess Arran
Mother: Cicely Anne Gore Marchioness Salisbury 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 1st Earl Roden
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 2nd Earl Roden 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hamilton Countess Roden 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 3rd Earl Roden 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Jocelyn 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stapleton 5th Baronet 
11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stapleton 12th Baron Despencer 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Fane Lady Stapleton 
8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maria Frances Catherine Stapleton Countess Roden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Samuel Eliot of Antigua
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Eliot Baroness Despencer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Byam
GrandMother: Edith Jocelyn Countess Arran 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Clavering-Cowper 2nd Earl Cowper 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Nassau Clavering-Cowper 3rd Earl Cowper 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Henrietta Nassau 2nd Countess Cowper 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Peter Nassau Clavering-Cowper 5th Earl Cowper 14 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Gore
Great x 3 Grandmother: Hannah Anna Gore 3rd Countess Cowper
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Cockerill
Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Elizabeth Cowper 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Penistone Lamb 1st Viscount Melbourne
Great x 4 Grandmother: Charlotte Coke
Great x 2 Grandmother: Emily Lamb Countess Cowper 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Milbanke 5th Baronet 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Milbanke Viscountess Melbourne 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England