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[[File:Margaret Goschen, Viscountess Goschen, in 1923.jpg|thumb|Lady Goschen in 1923]]

'''Margaret Evelyn Goschen, Viscountess Goschen''', {{Postnom|country=UK|CI|DStJ|sep=,|size=100%}} (''née'' '''Gathorne-Hardy'''; 4 July 1858 – 11 July 1943) was a British aristocrat, the wife of [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen]], [[Governor of Madras]], who was appointed acting [[Viceroy of India]] in 1929. She was thus Vicereine of India between 1929 and 1931.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Indian Year Book |date=1941 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company |pages=1003 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6gSAAAAIAAJ |title=Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who |date=1945 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman. |pages=985 |language=en}}</ref>

Born '''Lady Margaret Evelyn Gathorne-Hardy''', she was the daughter of prominent Conservative politician [[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook]] and his wife Jane Stewart Orr.<ref name=":0">Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1607–1608. {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}.</ref> She was baptised at [[Benenden, Kent]] on 4 July 1858.<ref name=":0" /> Her elder brother [[John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook|John Stewart Gathorne-Hardy]] succeeded to the [[Earl of Cranbrook|Earldom of Cranbrook]] upon the death of their father in 1906. Her niece was [[Dorothy D'Oyly Carte]], wife of [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lady Margaret Evelyn Gathorne-Hardy, Viscountess Goschen (d.1943) 85208 |url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Massue |first1=Melville Henry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVE4AQAAMAAJ&dq=dorothy+d%27oyly+carte+gathorne+hardy&pg=PA539 |title=The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe |last2=15th of Raineval |first2=Marquis of Ruvigny |date=1914 |publisher=Burke's Peerage |isbn=978-0-85011-028-9 |pages=539 |language=en |author-link=Melville Henry Massue}}</ref>

On 26 January 1893, she married The Hon. [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen|George Joachim Goschen]], son of prominent Liberal politician [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen]] 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 [[Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey|Lord Jersey]].<ref name="spinner175">{{cite book |last=Spinner |first=Thomas J. |url=https://archive.org/details/georgejoachimgos00thom |title=George Joachim Goschen: The Transformation of a Victorian Liberal |publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive |year=1973 |isbn=0-521-20210-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/georgejoachimgos00thom/page/175 175] |url-access=registration}}</ref> The marriage took place nonetheless. They had three children<ref name=":0" /> during the course of their marriage:

* Lt. Hon. George Joachim Goschen (18 November 1893 – 16 January 1916), officer of the 7th Battalion, [[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)|East Kent Regiment]], expected to succeed, but died of wounds received in action at the [[Siege of Kut]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goschen |first=George Joachim |url=http://archive.org/details/wreathofmemories00gosciala |title=A wreath of memories |date=1917 |publisher=London : Arthur L. Humphreys |others=University of California Libraries}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Life story: The Honourable George Joachim Goschen {{!}} Lives of the First World War |url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1395375 |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk}}</ref>
* Hon. Phyllis Evelyn Goschen (5 August 1895 – 27 May 1976), Lady-in-Waiting to Her Royal Highness the [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood|Princess Royal]] 1948–1965, married Lt Col. [[Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)|Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour]], nephew of Prime Minister [[Arthur Balfour]] and grandson of [[George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll]].
* Hon. Cicely Winifred Goschen (29 April 1899 – 1980), married Maj. [[Portal baronets|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]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], Tamil Nadu, and also to the Lady Goschen Hospital in [[Mangalore]], Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nainar |first=Nahla |date=2019-08-02 |title=Viscountess Goschen Government Girls (Muslim) HSS in Tiruchi survives |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/education/viscountess-goschen-government-girls-muslim-hss-in-tiruchi-survives/article28796639.ece |access-date=5 April 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2012 |title=Lady Goschen Hospital |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/archives/lady-goschen-get-facelift-soon-2308178 |access-date=4 April 2023 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> She was appointed [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|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 [[Order of the Crown of India|Imperial Order of the Crown of India]] (CI) in the [[1930 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33556|page=6|date=31 December 1929|supp=y}}</ref> She was awarded the [[Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal]] for her charitable works and services to Raj.<ref>Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. p. 941. {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}.</ref>

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