| 词条 | Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire |
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| name = Her Grace The Duchess of Devonshire | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCVOf|CBE}} | image = | image_size = 100px | order = Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II | term_start = 1953 | term_end = 1967 | monarch = Elizabeth II | predecessor = None | successor = The Duchess of Grafton | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|7|25|df=y}}[1] | birth_place = Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|12|24|1895|7|25|df=y}} | death_place = Westminster, London, England, UK | spouse = Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire | children = {{plainlist|
}} | title = Duchess of Devonshire, GCVO CBE, Hon. LLD (Exon) }} Mary Alice Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCVOf|CBE}} (née Gascoyne-Cecil; 29 July 1895 – 24 December 1988) was a British courtier who served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II from 1953–67. She was the granddaughter of Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. BiographyShe was born the Honourable Mary Gascoyne-Cecil in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, the daughter of James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne, and Lady Cicely Alice Gore, daughter of Arthur Gore, 5th Earl of Arran. In 1903, her father succeeded as the Marquess of Salisbury and she was styled Lady Mary Gascoyne-Cecil. She was Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II from 1953 to 1967 and Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1955 to 1972. She was awarded Hon. LLD (Exon) in 1956.[2] She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1946 and a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1955.[2] Marriage and issueIn 1917, Lady Mary married Edward Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, who succeeded as the 10th Duke of Devonshire in 1938. They had five children:[2]
On 26 November 1950, her husband Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, had a heart attack and died while being attended by John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer. In the process of transferring his assets to his son, the death of the Duke fell 10 weeks prior to a required 5-year period, and his estate was subjected to taxes of 80%.[4] The Duchess died in Westminster, London, aged 93. References1. ^1939 England and Wales Register 2. ^1 2 {{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editorlink=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page=1131|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}} 3. ^Eve Colpus, ‘Tree, Lady Anne Evelyn Beatrice (1927–2010)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2014; online edn, Jan 2015 accessed 20 April 2017 4. ^Lowell, Mary., "The Sisters: Saga of the Mitford Family" External links{{Commonscat-inline}}{{s-start}}{{s-court}}{{succession box| title = Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II | before = — | after = The Duchess of Grafton | years = 1953–1967}}{{s-aca}}{{succession box | before = — | title = Chancellor of the University of Exeter | years = 1955–1972 | after = The Viscount Amory}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Devonshire, Mary, Duchess of}}{{England-duke-stub}} 10 : 1895 births|1988 deaths|Cecil family|Cavendish family|English duchesses by marriage|Chancellors of the University of Exeter|Mistresses of the Robes to Elizabeth II|Dames Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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