Sybil owned a magnificent tiara and suite of emeralds that had come from the (French)Rothschilds via her mother Aline.After her death the necklace and tiara were auctioned to pay for the upkeep of the family tombs
--Previous Message-- : : Hilarious ! : And I love the pronunciation of the title as : Chumly !! : : --Previous Message-- : : How beautiful Lady Chomondeley must have : looked in those sapphires! : : She was apparently quite the jewel lover. : In her memoirs Wait for Me! , the Dowager : Duchess of Devonshire writes glowingly of : the Marchioness of Cholmondeley and states: : : Sybil came to Chatsworth to shoot, complete : with loader, guns and heavy luggage. She : went up to change for dinner but could not : find her jewel box. There was a frantic : search. Where could it be? It transpired : that the box was so big and heavy that the : pantry staff had mistaken it for her : cartridge case and taken it to the gunroom. : : : :
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