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“Recently a young journalist came to interview me about what I was doing the day war broke out. During the course of the interview I recounted the deaths of my only brother, my husband's only brother, a brother in law and my four best friends. "So," she said, did the war affect you in any way?”

Quote by Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

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Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was a British noblewoman. Born on March 31, 1920, and passed away on September 24, 2014. Her public identity and profession are somewhat unclear. more

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