Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Georgina Susan Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (born 30 January 1962), is the wife of Edward William Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk. She was born Georgina Susan Gore, the younger daughter of John Temple ("Jack") Gore (1931-) and his first wife Serena Margaret Mounsey. Her parents divorced in 1969.

Jack Gore is very distantly connected to the Earls Temple of Stowe (sharing common ancestry through Edward Gore (d. April 1801) and his wife Barbara Browne, a descendant matrilineally of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland. Edward Gore was descended from Sir John Gore (d. 1636), Lord Mayor of London 1624. The common ancestry with the Gore baronets and the other two peerages held by the family goes back further to Sir John Gore's elder brother Sir Paul Gore (1567-1629) who received a baronetcy in 1622. Paul was ancestor of the Earls of Arran via his second son Arthur, the barons Harlech via the third son of this same second son, and the Gore-Booth baronets via his fourth son Francis). However, John Temple Gore is not in remainder to any of these titles.

Her paternal grandmother Lady Barbara Montgomerie (23 August 1909 – 1992) was eldest daughter of Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton by his former wife Lady Beatrice Dalrymple, daughter of the 11th Earl of Stair.

Lord Arundel succeeded to the Dukedom of Norfolk in 2002, and Lady Arundel then became the Duchess of Norfolk.

The Duchess has stood in for Her Majesty the Queen in rehearsals for the State Opening of Parliament.

Georgina worked at Colefax & Fowler as a paint specialist before her marriage. She married the Edward Fitzalan-Howard, then Earl of Arundel and Surrey, son of Miles Stapleton-Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk and his wife Anne Mary Teresa Constable-Maxwell, on 27 June 1987 at Arundel Cathedral; the wedding had 800 guests including the Princess of Wales (a personal friend of Edward Fitzalan-Howard). The couple moved into the East wing of Arundel Castle after their marriage.

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