Margaret Evelyn Goschen, Viscountess Goschen, (''née'' Gathorne-Hardy; 4 July 185811 July 1943) was a British aristocrat, the wife of

George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen (15 October 1866 – 24 July 1952), was a British Conservative politician who served as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929, and acting Viceroy of India from 1929 to 1931. Goschen was the son of pr ...

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, who was appointed acting

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in 1929. She was thus Vicereine of India between 1929 and 1931. Born Lady Margaret Evelyn Gathorne-Hardy, she was the daughter of prominent Conservative politician

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, (1 October 1814 – 30 October 1906) was a prominent British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. He held cabinet office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892. He s ...

and his wife Jane Stewart Orr.Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1607–1608. . She was baptised at Benenden, Kent on 4 July 1858. Her elder brother John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy succeeded to the Earldom of Cranbrook upon the death of their father in 1906. Her niece was Dorothy D'Oyly Carte, wife of

Rupert D'Oyly Carte Rupert D'Oyly Carte (; 3 November 1876 – 12 September 1948) was an English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario, best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel from 1913 to 1948. Son of the impresario and hotelie ...

. On 26 January 1893, she married The Hon. George Joachim Goschen, son of prominent Liberal politician

George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 1831 – 7 February 1907), was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was initially a Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist be ...

and heir to the Viscountcy. Lady Margaret was eight-years his senior; Lord Goschen disapproved of the marriage and in an attempt to prevent it, sent his son to Australia to act as Secretary to Lord Jersey. The marriage took place nonetheless. They had three children during the course of their marriage: * Lt. Hon. George Joachim Goschen (18 November 1893 – 16 January 1916), officer of the 7th Battalion,

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, expected to succeed, but died of wounds received in action at the

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. * Hon. Phyllis Evelyn Goschen (5 August 1895 – 27 May 1976), Lady-in-Waiting to Her Royal Highness the

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1948–1965, married Lt Col. Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, nephew of Prime Minister

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and grandson of

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. * Hon. Cicely Winifred Goschen (29 April 1899 – 1980), married Maj. Melville Edward Bertram Portal, who had previously served as secretary to the Governor of Madras, in India. Lady Goschen gave her name to the Viscountess Goschen Government Girls High School in Tharanallur,

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, Tamil Nadu, and also to the Lady Goschen Hospital in

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, Karnataka. She was appointed Lady of Grace, Most Venerable Order of Saint John (LGStJ). She was later appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of Saint (DStJ). She was awarded the

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, as Commander (CI). She was awarded the

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for her charitable works and services to Raj.Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. p. 941. .

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