Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored ...

Deborah Cavendish, the dowager duchess of Devonshire and the last of the six eccentric Mitford sisters, who has died aged 94, turned her husband’s ancestral estate into one of England’s grand ...

Chatsworth is in bloom and not only in the garden. A new exhibition opening on March 15 at the Derbyshire country house draws inspiration from flowers and plants to create what curator Dr Allegra ...

While on a work placement at Chatsworth, Bibi Cox O'Brien, explored the vast archives including a wide body of material from Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. So, we’re all heading into the final ...

Amanda Foreman is the award-winning author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire and A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War. Her next book The World Made by Women: A ...

The British actress Keira Knightley has rejected claims that her latest film The Duchess, a historical drama set in the 18th Century, parallels the life of Princess Diana. The film tells the true ...