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    Re: Devonshires Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on February 6, 2012, 9:04 pm, in reply to "Devonshires"


    Thank you for the extract Baxter.

    Here we can see Stoker behind Moucher -



    --Previous Message--
    : I've been reading Wait for Me! , the Dowager
    : Duchess of Devonshire's memoirs. From
    : Google Books, here is her description of
    : that day:
    :
    :
    : Google Books
    :
    : On the previous pages which are not
    : available on the preview, Her Grace told
    : that they had crammed two 'burly' Chatsworth
    : farm men into livery to ride as attendants.
    :
    : 'Stoker' is the couple's son (the current
    : duke) who carried the train of his
    : grandmother 'Moucher', Mistress of the
    : Robes.
    :
    : Due to her important role, Moucher wore the
    : family's peeress robe. Among the treasures
    : of Chatsworth another robe was found for the
    : Duchess but since it was off-the-shoulder,
    : the Queen's permission was gained to wear
    : it, thus the bare shoulders comment above.
    :

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