I’m way behind with my blogposts and I meant to comment on the sad news of Deborah Mitford’s death when it was announced a few weeks ago. After watching that BBC programme about Chatsworth last year I really thought that she looked good for another good few years but it wasn’t to be.
Well, she was 94 so she definitely had a good innings but she was far and away my favourite of the Mitford sisters and despite the fact that her family thought of her as being rather brainless she was actually the most talented of them all I think. She was the youngest of course so I was obviously going to have a bit of an affinity with her as I’m also the youngest of a large family – but that’s as far as the similarities go though!
If you’re interested in reading her Guardian obituary have a look here.
You can read a report of her funeral here.
Just picked up a double novel by Nancy Mitford at the thrift shop!
Peggy,
I think I’ve read about half of her novels and I have a couple of biographies by her which I haven’t got around to yet. I wonder what you’ll think of them!
Oh, I hadn’t heard! I was thinking about Deborah just last week. So sad that the last of them is gone. I hope their legacy lasts.
Lisa,
She’ll always be around Chatsworth I think, that place is such a success because of her hard work, common sense and business sense. She must have been one of the last people to have that upper class 1930s cut glass accent and she was happy to make fun of it.