Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

The Duchess of Devonshire
BornDeborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford
(1920-03-31)31 March 1920
London, England
Died24 September 2014(2014-09-24) (aged 94)
Edensor, Derbyshire, England
Noble familyMitford family
Issue
7, including Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Sophia Topley
Occupation
  • Writer
  • memoirist
  • socialite

Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (née Deborah Freeman-Mitford; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was a British writer and aristocrat.

He was the youngest and last living member of the six Mitford sisters. The sisters were a figure of political connections and promiscuity were a famous feature of English culture in the 1930s and 1940s.

Cavendish was born at Asthall Manor in Asthall, Oxfordshire. She had five sisters and a brother. She was married to Andrew Cavendish from 1941 until his death in 2004. They had seven children, three of which died at a very young age.

Cavendish died from natural causes on 24 September 2014 at Edensor House in Edensor, Derbyshire. She was 94.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Last Mitford sister, Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, dies at 94". BBC. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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