Coleridge, Georgina (1916–2003)
Coleridge, Georgina (1916–2003)
Scottish journalist, magazine editor, and publishing executive. Name variations: Lady Georgina Coleridge; Lady Georgina Hay; Lady G. Born Margaret Georgina Christine Hay, Mar 19, 1916, in East Lothian, Scotland; died Mar 25, 2003; 2nd dau. of William George Montagu Hay, 11th Marquis of Tweeddale, and Marguerite Christine Ralli Einstein; m. Arthur Coleridge (with the war Cabinet), 1941 (died 1988); children: Frances Coleridge (b. 1943).
Joined the circulation department of the National Magazine Company (1937); became a director for special projects for IPC magazines (1971–74); long interested in horseracing, wrote the turf memoir That's Racing (1978); served as director of Country Life (1962–74); was editor of Homes and Gardens (1947–63), then director of its owner, George Newnes Ltd.; was co-founder, with Odette Hallowes and the marchioness of Lothian, of the ongoing Women of the Year lunch (1955); served as president of Women's Press Club (1965–67).