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    Re: Marchioness of Cholmondeley Archived Message

    Posted by Ashdean on February 12, 2013, 2:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Marchioness of Cholmondeley "

    Sorry... Only that it was either Sothebys or Christies and very soon after her death!

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    : Do you know the date of the auction? Thanks in
    : advance!
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    : Regards!
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    : --Previous Message--
    : 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
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    : Hilarious !
    : And I love the pronunciation of the title as
    : Chumly !!
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    : How beautiful Lady Chomondeley must have
    : looked in those sapphires!
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    : 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:
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    : 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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