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Last Mitford sister, Deborah Dowager, Duchess of Devonshire, dies aged 94 Last Mitford sister, Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, dies at 94
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Deborah Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, the last of the famous Mitford sisters, has died aged 94. Deborah, the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, and the last surviving Mitford sister, has died aged 94.
She died in the morning, said press officers for Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, where she was chatelaine. The death was confirmed by the press officers for her stately home Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
The Mitford sisters' activity fascinated - and sometimes scandalised - society in the 1940s. The Mitford sisters' activity fascinated - and sometimes scandalised - British society in the 1940s.
One of her sisters, Unity, was a friend of Hitler and another, Diana, the second wife of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley.One of her sisters, Unity, was a friend of Hitler and another, Diana, the second wife of British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley.
But Deborah was more focused on her home life. Nicknamed the "housewife duchess", she made Chatsworth one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in England.But Deborah was more focused on her home life. Nicknamed the "housewife duchess", she made Chatsworth one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in England.
Born Deborah Vivien Freeman-Mitford on 31 March 1920, the duchess was the sixth daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdale.
The Mitfords' childhood at at the Mitford home in the Oxfordshire village of Swinbrook was immortalised in her sister Nancy's novels, The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate.
Her parents made a poor job of hiding their disappointment that Deborah had not been born a boy, leaving Thomas their only son.
The Mitfords' father disapproved of educating girls, famously insisting that hockey would make their ankles fat, and Deborah spent her formative years skating and hunting.