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Mary Catherine Stanley
Countess of Derby
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Born Mary Catherine Sackville-West
(1823-06-23)23 June 1823
Died 6 December 1900(1900-12-06) (aged 77)
Spouse(s)
James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
(m. 1847; died 1868)
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
(m. 1870; died 1893)
Father George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr
Mother Lady Elizabeth Sackville

Mary Stanley, Countess of Derby (previously known as Mary Gascoyne-Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury, née Lady Mary Sackville-West; 23 July 1824 – 6 December 1900) was an English grande dame and political hostess.

Family

Daughter of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr. Sixth of his nine children.

She married firstly James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury in 1847 with whom she had 5 children:

  • Lord Sackville Arthur Cecil (16 March 1848 – 29 January 1898)
  • Lady Mary Arabella Arthur Cecil (26 April 1850 – 18 August 1903), married Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway
  • Lady Margaret Elizabeth Cecil (1850 – 11 March 1919)
  • Lord Arthur Cecil (3 July 1851 – 16 July 1913)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Lionel Cecil (21 March 1853 – 13 January 1901)

Lord Salisbury died in April 1868, aged 76 and was succeeded by his son from his first marriage.

Lady Mary remarried Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby in 1870.

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