#the Duke of Devonshire

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#OTD in 1742 – Handel’s Messiah is performed for the first time, conducted by the composer, at Mr. Neale’s Great Music Hall, Fishamble Street, Dublin, before an audience of 700.

George Frideric Handel (who had lived in London for many years) decided to visit Dublin. He also had received an invitation from the British Viceroy of Ireland, the Duke of Devonshire in Dublin.  At the time, Handel apparently was somewhat discontented with recent London reviews and with the treatment of some of his works, as a result he decided to visit Ireland. He had completed writing a new…

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend the third day of Royal Acot, 20.06.2024

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Devonshire House Ball, 1897

The Devonshire House Ball or the Devonshire House Fancy Dress Ball was an elaborate fancy dress ball, hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, held on 2 July 1897 at Devonshire House in Piccadilly to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

The Prince and the Princess of Wales (Edward VII and Alexandra)

The Duke and the Duchess of York (George V and Mary)

Princess Mary Adelaide (the mother of Mary)

The Countess of Warwick dressed as Marie Antoinette

The Duchess of Devonshire

Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia and his wife

The Viscount D'Abernon

Daisy, Princess of Pless dressed as Cleopatra

Lady Randolph Spencer-Churchill in a byzantine dress

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last doodles i got in before the kids at church decided to watch a movie in the room

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Chatsworth House via The Real Country Houses That Inspired Jane Austen

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2 October 2014 | Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall walk alongside the The Duke of Devonshire following the funeral of Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire at St Peter's Church, Edensor, in Chatsworth, England. Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess Of Devonshire, the last surviving Mitford sister, died aged 94 on September 24, 2014. Deborah was known as the "housewife duchess", and her noted business acumen made Chatsworth House one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in England. (c) Dave Thompson/Getty Images

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The Duchess (2008, Saul Dibb)

04/10/2024

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Amanda Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

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In 1840, Joseph Paxton’s Great Conservatory was completed after four years.

‘The concept was vast. The building was 84m long, 37m wide and 19m high, the largest glass building in England before the erection of Paxton’s subsequent marvel, the Crystal Palace in London in 1851. Inside there was room for two carriages to pass on the main thoroughfare, and stairs, hidden by ascending rocks, led to a gallery from which you could inspect the highest branches of the exotic palms and other trees flourishing there. There were ponds full of aquatic plants, rocks, mosses, ferns and brilliantly coloured flowers in a tropical climate.

To create this climate there were eight underground boilers fuelled by coal which arrived by underground rail wagons. A short length of the tunnel is now open from the Coal Hole entrance. The boilers fed a seven-mile maze of 6-inch hot water pipes. In winter, it took 300 tons of coal to fuel the boilers. The boiler fumes escaped through flues laid along the ground to a chimney up in Stand Wood, well out of sight of the garden.

During and after the First World War (1914-18), there was not enough coal to heat the conservatory and many plants died. Because of the expense of restoring the now semi-derelict building and bearing in mind the huge cost of maintaining and heating it, the Great Conservatory was demolished in 1920, leaving only the supporting walls as a lasting memorial to this extraordinary building.

The Maze was established in 1962 within the walls of the former Great Conservatory by the 11th Duke.’

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The Duchess (2008)

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Actually I do want to clarify that if we were to approach OFMD with like real word logic and historical accuracy Stede and Mary could have separated. Yeah no-fault divorce didn’t exist but people still separated. It wasn’t socially acceptable but neither was running off to become a pirate. Like there were more reasonable and sensible options for Stede but there would be no show if he chose them. You really just have to suspended your disbelief a bit and just take the silly pirate romcom for what it is.

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found a way to include them in the Mitford sisters podcast I’m trying to write

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I follow the Chatsworth house account on IG (bc I love stately homes) and the current Duke of Devonshire and I noticed that he follows Caroline (well her ambassador account) and likes pics of her and Jack and I just thought it was so sweet for some random reason.

Aww that's so nice!