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{{Short description|English socialite (1872–1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = {{nowrap|Violet Maxse}} | honorific_suffix = Viscountess Milner | image = Violet Maxse.jpg | caption = Violet Maxse, 1888 (age 16) | birth_name = Violet Georgina Maxse | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1872|2|1}} | birth_place = [[Knightsbridge]], London | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1958|10|10|1872|2|1}} | death_place = [[Hawkhurst]], Kent, England | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = | father = {{nowrap|[[Frederick Maxse]]}} | mother = Cecilia Steel | spouse = {{marriage|[[Lord Edward Cecil]]|18 June 1894|13 December 1918|end=died}}<br/>{{marriage|[[Alfred Milner]]|26 February 1921|May 1925|end=died}} | children = 2 | occupation = | known_for = | relatives = Gen. Sir [[Ivor Maxse]] (brother)<br/>[[Leopold Maxse]] (brother)<br/>[[Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst|Alexander Hardinge]] (son-in-law) }} [[File:Hôtel de ville de Doullens (salle du commandement unique) 3.jpg|thumb|The Bust of Alfred Milner]] [[File:DOULLENS SALLE DU COMMANDEMENT.jpg|thumb|Stained Glass at the [[Hôtel de Ville, Doullens|Hôtel de Ville]] (town hall) in Doullens, commemorating the Doullens Conference and the Unity of Command. Lord Milner is standing, centre]] '''Violet Georgina Milner, Viscountess Milner''' (''née'' '''Maxse'''; 1 February 1872 – 10 October 1958) was an [[England|English]] socialite of the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian era]]s and, later, editor of the political monthly ''[[National Review (London)|National Review]]''.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Viscountess Milner – Brilliant Talker and Hostess |work=[[The Times]] |date=11 October 1958 |page=8 }}</ref> Her father was close friends with [[Georges Clemenceau]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1900-06-30/8/2.html|title=Court Circular |work=[[The Times]] |publisher=The Times Digital Archive |date= 30 June 1900|page= 8}}</ref> she married a son of Prime Minister Salisbury, [[Lord Edward Cecil]], and after his death, [[Alfred Milner|Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner]].
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