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Georgina Alderson
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Georgina Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury.
Marriage
On 11 July 1857, Georgina Alderson married Lord Robert Cecil, a younger son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury. The period leading up to the wedding was contentious. Georgina did not come from an aristocratic or wealthy background. She was also nearly thirty-years old, two years older than his son, and Lord Salisbury feared her ability to produce an heir. He tried to dissuade the union, and required them to remain separated for six months, hoping the match would end. This period did not lead to a dissolution of the relationship; instead, Lord Robert wrote to his father at the end of the break and said he was engaged to Georgina. The furious marquess considered disinheriting his son; after the wedding he and Robert became estranged.