| Bibliography |
- Ogilvie, Marilyn; Harvey, Joy; Rossiter, Margaret (eds), The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. New York: Routledge, 2014.
- Riedi, Elizabeth L., Imperialist Women in Edwardian Britain: The Victoria League 1899-1914. (PhD Thesis submitted at University of St. Andrews, 1998)
- Tomes, Jason, ‘Amherst , Alicia Margaret [married name Alicia Margaret Cecil, Lady Rockley] (1865–1941)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Provisional Notes |
Mostly known for her description of gardens and the history of gardening.
Combined her imperialist views and love for gardening in Wild Flowers of the Great Dominions of the British Empire (1935)
Collected plants in South Africa, Mozambique (1899), Rhodesia (1900), Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand, Canada (1927). (Ogilvie e.a. p.1116)
According to Oxford DNB:
Had access to a large family library. Educated by governesses. Married in 1898.
According to Riedi (p. 18):
Spent five months in South Africa with her husband in 1899. Evelyn Cecil wrote about the South African situation in On the Eve of War (1900). |