Lady Gwendolen Cecil
Gwendolen Gascoyne-Cecil (1860-1945) (Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1895)
Born28 July 1860
Died28 September 1945(1945-09-28) (aged 85)
OccupationWriter
Parent(s)Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Georgina Alderson

Lady Gwendolen Georgiana Gascoyne-Cecil (28 July 1860 – 28 September 1945) was a British author who wrote a four-volume biography of her father, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, entitled Life of Robert, Marquis of Salisbury (1921, 1932). She also wrote a short story called The Little Ray for the August 1894 edition of Pall Mall Magazine.[1]

Lady Gwendolen was born in 1860, the daughter of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, and his wife, the former Georgina Alderson.

In 1878 British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli stayed at her family home and he wrote to Queen Victoria that he had rarely met (referring to Gwendolen and her sister) "more intelligent and agreeable women."

In October 2017, author Johnny Mains revealed Lady Gwendolen as the author of the story The Closed Cabinet - a work once considered anonymous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "From Daphne du Maurier to Helen Oyeyemi, these are the female ghost writers you need to know about". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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