|
Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (born Freeman-Mitford; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English writer, memoirist and socialite. She was the youngest and last surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of English society in the 1930s and 1940s. ==Life== Known to her family as "Debo", Deborah Mitford was born in Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England. Her parents were Baron Redesdale (1878–1958), son of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, and his wife, Sydney (1880–1963), daughter of Thomas Gibson Bowles, MP. She married Lord Andrew Cavendish, younger son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire, in 1941. When Cavendish's older brother, William, Marquess of Hartington, was killed in action in 1944, Cavendish became heir to the dukedom and began to use the courtesy title Marquess of Hartington. In 1950, on the death of his father, the Marquess of Hartington became the 11th Duke of Devonshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=- Person Page 959 )〕 The Duchess was the main public face of Chatsworth for many decades. She wrote several books about Chatsworth, and played a key role in the restoration of the house, the enhancement of the garden and the development of commercial activities such as Chatsworth Farm Shop (which is on a quite different scale from most farm shops, as it employs a hundred people); Chatsworth's other retail and catering operations; and assorted offshoots such as Chatsworth Food, which sells luxury foodstuffs carrying her signature; and Chatsworth Design, which sells image rights to items and designs from the Chatsworth collections. Recognising the commercial imperatives of running a stately home, she took a very active role and was known to man the Chatsworth House ticket office herself. She also supervised the development of the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow, near Chatsworth, and the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey. In 1999, the Duchess was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II, for her service to the Royal Collection Trust. Upon the death of her husband in 2004, her son Peregrine Cavendish became the 12th Duke of Devonshire. She became the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire at this time. She and the duke had seven children, four of whom died shortly after birth:〔Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, ''Wait for Me!'' (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010), pages 128–132〕 *Mark Cavendish (born and died 14 November 1941) *Emma Cavendish (born 26 March 1943, styled Lady Emma Cavendish from 1944) *Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire (born 27 April 1944) *An unnamed child (miscarried December 1946; the child was a twin of Victor Cavendish, born in 1947)〔Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, ''Wait for Me!'' (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2010), pages 130〕 *Lord Victor Cavendish (born and died 22 May 1947) *Lady Mary Cavendish (born and died 5 April 1953) *Lady Sophia Louise Sydney Cavendish (born 18 March 1957) She was a maternal aunt of Max Mosley, former president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lady Mosley )〕 as well as the grandmother of fashion model Stella Tennant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Last Mitford sister dead: Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, dies away aged 94 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|