Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire


The Duchess of Devonshire

Deborah Mitford in 1938
Tenure26 November 1950 – 3 May 2004
BornDeborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford
(1920-03-31)31 March 1920
London, England
Died24 September 2014(2014-09-24) (aged 94)
Edensor, Derbyshire, England
ResidenceEdensor House, Chatsworth Estate
Noble familyMitford family
Spouse(s)
(m. 1941; died 2004)
Issue7, including Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire and Lady Sophia Topley
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OccupationWriter, memoirist, socialite

Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, DCVO (born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist, and socialite. She was the youngest and last-surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of British society in the 1930s and 1940s.