Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO (born March 31, 1920), née the Hon. Deborah Freeman-Mitford and known to her family as "Debo", is the youngest of the six noted Mitford sisters whose political affiliations and marriages were a prominent feature of English culture in the 1930s and 1940s. Queen Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Mitfords were an aristocratic British family who first achieved notoriety for their controversial and stylish lives as young people, and later for their very public political divisions. ...

She married Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire in 1941. At the time he was not expected to inherit the dukedom but his older brother, William, was killed in combat in 1944. Andrew became duke, and Deborah became duchess, when the 10th Duke died in 1950 while being tended by the suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams. The Duke in old age with his son, the future 12th Duke of Devonshire The Most Noble Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, KG, MC, PC (January 2, 1920 – May 3, 2004) was a minister in the government of his uncle, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, from 1960... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... The Dukes of Devonshire are members of the aristocratic Cavendish family in the United Kingdom. ... William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (December 10, 1917–September 10, 1944) was the eldest son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and the husband of Kathleen Kennedy, sister of American President John F. Kennedy. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire The Most Noble Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (6 May 1895–26 November 1950), known as Marquess of Hartington (1908–1938), was Member of Parliament for West Derbyshire and a Minister in Winston Churchills wartime government. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Bodkin Adams, (January 21, 1899–July 4, 1983) was a general practitioner in Eastbourne cleared of murdering one of his patients. ...

The Duchess has been the main public face of Chatsworth for many decades, and has remained so in her widowhood, now in partnership primarily with her grandson, William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington, who seems to play a more public role than his father, the 12th Duke. She has written several books about Chatsworth, and has 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 which carry 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 takes a very active role and has been known to run the ticket office for Chatsworth House herself. She also supervised the development of the Cavendish Hotel at Baslow near Chatsworth and the Devonshire Arms Hotel at Bolton Abbey. A view of Chatsworth from the south-west circa 1880. ... William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington (b. ... Earl of Burlington is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Baslow is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, lying between Sheffield and Bakewell. ... Bolton Abbey Bolton Abbey is a ruined 12th-century priory in North Yorkshire, England. ...

In 1999 she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) by Queen Elizabeth II, for her service to the Royal Collection Trust. She became the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire in 2004 when her son inherited the dukedom upon the death of her husband. This article is about the year. ... Queen Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The Royal Collection Trust is a body established in 1993 to manage the Royal Collection of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Spain and France (in Italy, principe...

In a recent interview with the Daily Telegraph, published on 2 September 2007, she recounted having tea with Adolf Hitler during a visit to Munich in June 1937, when she was visiting Germany with her mother and her sister Unity, the latter being the only one of the three who spoke German and, therefore, the one who carried on the entire conversation with the Fuhrer. Shortly before ending the interview, she was asked by John Preston, the Telegraph journalist who conducted it, to choose who would she have preferred to have tea with, her idol, American singer Elvis Presley, or Adolf Hitler and, after looking at him with astonishment, she answered: "Well Elvis of course! What an extraordinary question". This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Hitler redirects here. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Führer (often written Fuehrer or Fuhrer in English when umlauts are not used; also written with the German definite article included, der Führer) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Hitler redirects here. ...

She has three children, the 12th Duke, Lady Sophia Topley, and Lady Emma Cavendish. She is grandmother of the fashion model Stella Tennant. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Stella Tennant (born 17 December 1970) is a British supermodel. ...

Titles from birth

• The Honourable Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford (1920–1941)
• The Lady Andrew Cavendish (1941–1944)
• Marchioness of Hartington (1944–1950)
• Her Grace The Duchess of Devonshire (1950–2004)
• Her Grace The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire (2004–present)

The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ...

Books written by the Duchess

• Chatsworth: The House (1980; revised edition 2002)
• The Estate: A View from Chatsworth (1990)
• The Farmyard at Chatsworth (1991) — for children
• Treasures of Chatsworth: A Private View (1991)
• The Garden at Chatsworth (1999)
• Counting My Chickens and Other Home Thoughts (2002) — essays.
• The Chatsworth Cookery Book (2003)
• Round and About Chatsworth (2005)

She has also contributed to The Spectator. Image File history File links Chatsworth_Cookery_Book_-_large. ... Image File history File links Chatsworth_Cookery_Book_-_large. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Spectator is a conservative British political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. ...