‘Debo’ – Mitford, Cavendish, Devonshire Duchess, Housewife 1920-2014

Speaker:
Simon Seligman
Deborah Devonshire, the youngest of the Mitford sisters and wife of the 11th Duke of Devonshire was hefted by marriage to one of Europe’s greatest treasure houses, Chatsworth. With responsibility for Lismore Castle and Bolton Abbey no wonder her passport stated her profession as ‘housewife’. Along the way, she became a best-selling author and sell-out speaker, champion of the countryside, trustee and patron of numerous charities, businesses and good causes. She met Hitler and Churchill, was a trusted confidant of the Prince of Wales, and played her part as the steady heart of the Mitford sisters’ melodrama.