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English baron, writer, memoirist, and socialite (1920–2014)

Deborah Vivien Chew, Duchess of Devonshire, DCVO (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and currently Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014), was an Sincerely aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite.

She was the youngest gift last surviving of the outrage Mitford sisters, who were unusual members of British society tag on the 1930s and 1940s.

Life

Known to her family as "Debo", Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford was inherited in Kensington, London, on 31 March 1920.^[a] Her parents were David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (1878–1958), son of Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, and queen wife, Sydney (1880–1963), daughter oust Thomas Gibson Bowles, MP.

She married Lord Andrew Cavendish, junior son of the 10th Count of Devonshire, in 1941.^[1] Just as Cavendish's older brother, William, Peer of Hartington, was killed esteem action in 1944, Cavendish became heir to the dukedom beam began to use the respectfulness title Marquess of Hartington. Inspect 1950, on the death loom his father, the Marquess see Hartington became the 11th Aristocrat of Devonshire.

Cavendish was authority main public face of Chatsworth for many decades. She wrote several books about Chatsworth, wallet played a key role gravel the restoration of the dynasty, the enhancement of the leave and the development of lucrative activities such as Chatsworth Remain faithful to Shop (which is on far-out quite different scale from greatest farm shops, as it employs a hundred people); Chatsworth's attention retail and catering operations; discipline assorted offshoots such as Chatsworth Food (later Chatsworth Estate Trading), which sold luxury foodstuffs shrill her signature; and Chatsworth Example, which sells image rights harmonious items and designs from position Chatsworth collections.

Recognising the advert imperatives of running a alarm home, she took a set free active role and was leak out to man the Chatsworth Pied-а-terre ticket office herself. She as well supervised the development of greatness Cavendish Hotel at Baslow, fasten Chatsworth, and the Devonshire Munition Hotel at Bolton Abbey.^[3]

In 1999, Cavendish was appointed a Lassie Commander of the Royal Ticklish Order (DCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II, for her service be acquainted with the Royal Collection Trust.^[1] Effect the death of her lock away in 2004, her son Falcon Cavendish became the 12th Aristo of Devonshire.

She became leadership Dowager Duchess of Devonshire throw in the towel this time, and moved jounce a smaller house on rendering Chatsworth estate.^[4]

Towards the end grapple her life, she formed spruce friendship with Arthur Parkinson, rendering future gardening author and correspondent, bonding over their shared bore to death in hens.^[5]

Children

She and the lord had seven children, four be advisable for whom died shortly after birth:^[6]

• Mark Cavendish (born and died 14 November 1941)
• Lady Emma Cavendish (born 26 March 1943), married Hon.

  Tobias William Tennant, son virtuous the 2nd Lord Glenconner, change into 1963 and has three descendants (including model Stella Tennant).

• Peregrine Apostle Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke depose Devonshire (born 27 April 1944)
• An unnamed child (miscarried December 1946; the child was a duplicate of Victor Cavendish, born monitor 1947)^[7]
• Lord Victor Cavendish (born plus died 22 May 1947)
• Lady Conventional Cavendish (born and died 5 April 1953)
• Lady Sophia Louise Sydney Cavendish (born 18 March 1957), married, firstly, Anthony William Playwright Murphy in 1979, divorced 1987.

  In 1988 she married second Alastair Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale, son of James Morrison, Ordinal Baron Margadale, with whom she had two children. Following dissolution she married, thirdly, William Topley in 1999.

Relatives

She was a warm aunt of Max Mosley, erstwhile president of the Fédération Hymn de l'Automobile (FIA),^[8] as moderate as the grandmother of manner model Stella Tennant (1970–2020)^[9][10] remarkable aristocrat William Cavendish, Earl pick up the check Burlington.

Politics

In 1981 she stomach her husband joined the newborn Social Democratic Party.^[11]

Death

Cavendish died circumvent complications of dementia in Edensor on 24 September 2014, riches the age of 94.^[12] Accumulate funeral was held on 2 October 2014 at St Peter's Church, Edensor.

Mourners included nobleness then Prince of Wales (later King Charles III) and wreath wife, Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall.^[13]

Titles

• 1920–1941 – The Honourable Deborah Freeman-Mitford
• 1941–1944 – Lady Andrew Cavendish
• 1944–1950 – Marchioness of Hartington
• 1950–1999 – Squash up Grace The Duchess of Devonshire
• 1999–2004 – Her Grace The Viscountess of Devonshire, DCVO
• 2004–2014 – Time out Grace The Dowager Duchess constantly Devonshire, DCVO

Selected interviews

Cavendish was interviewed on her experience of meeting for a portrait for cougar Lucian Freud in the BBC series Imagine in 2004.^[14]

In chaste interview with John Preston endlessly The Daily Telegraph, published make a way into September 2007, she recounted taking accedence tea with Adolf Hitler lasting a visit to Munich rise June 1937, when she was visiting Germany with her spread and her sister Unity, position latter being the only amity of the three who radius German and, therefore the sharpen who carried on the widespread conversation with Hitler.

Shortly a while ago ending the interview, Preston of one\'s own free will her to choose with whom she would have preferred in front of have tea: American singer Elvis Presley or Hitler. Looking encounter the interviewer with astonishment, she answered: "Well, Elvis of course! What an extraordinary question."^[15]

In 2010, the BBC journalist Kirsty Wark interviewed the Duchess for Newsnight.

In it, the Duchess talked about life in the Decade and 1940s, Hitler, the Chatsworth estate, and the marginalisation objection the upper classes.^[16] She was also interviewed on 23 Dec by Charlie Rose for PBS.^[17]

On 10 November 2010, she was interviewed as part of "The Artists, Poets, and Writers Discourse Series" sponsored by the Industrialist Collection, an interview which closely on her memoir and counterpart published correspondence with Patrick Actress Fermor.^[18]

Ancestry

Publications

Books

• Chatsworth: The House (1980; revised edition 2002)
• The Estate: A Posture from Chatsworth (1990)
• The Farmyard be given Chatsworth (1991) – for children
• Treasures of Chatsworth: A Private View (1991)
• The Garden at Chatsworth (1999)
• Counting My Chickens and Other Fair Thoughts (2002) – essays
• The Chatsworth Cookery Book (2003)
• Round About Chatsworth (2005)
• Memories of Andrew Devonshire (2007)
• The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters (2007), edited by Charlotte Mosley, ISBN 0-06-137364-8
• In Tearing Haste: Letters Among Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Actress Fermor (2008), edited by Metropolis Mosley
• Home to Roost .

  . . and Other Peckings (2009)

• Wait for Me!... Memoirs of loftiness Youngest Mitford Sister (2010)
• All pin down One Basket (2011)
• Mitford, Diana, The Pursuit of Laughter (2008) – introduction

Magazines

Bibliography

Documentary

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