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Parents Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Siblings William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington Grandparents Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire Cousins Lady Caroline Faber, Jonathan Cecil Uncles Lord David Cecil, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury Similar People Edward Cavendish - 10th Duk, William Cavendish - Marquess, Victor Cavendish - 9th Duke, Andrew Cavendish - 11th Duk, Kathleen Cavendish | ||
British aristocrat and courtier Lady Elizabeth Cavendish Died at 92
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish CVO (born 24 April 1926) was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret from the late-1940s until the latter's death in 2002 .
Lady Elizabeth was the daughter of Edward Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington (later 10th Duke of Devonshire) and his wife, Mary née Gascoyne-Cecil. She was born three days after Princess Elizabeth of York was born in 1926.
It is believed she introduced Princess Margaret to Antony Armstrong-Jones in 1951 and although she herself never married, Elizabeth Cavendish did form a close relationship with the writer and future Poet Laureate, John Betjeman that same year and was called by Betjeman's daughter, Candida, her father's "beloved other wife".
When Betjeman died in Cornwall on 19 May 1984, Lady Elizabeth was at his side.