Name Lady Leatham | ||
Books Burghley House, Burghley: The Life of a Great House, Life at Burghley: Restoring One of England's Great Houses | ||
Lady Victoria Diana Leatham (born 28 June 1947, née Cecil) is an antiques expert and television personality. She was the chatelaine of Burghley House from 1982 to 2007.
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She is the daughter of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, then known as Lord Burghley, and his second wife Diana Henderson, granddaughter of Alexander Henderson, 1st Baron Faringdon. She married Simon Patrick Leatham, son of Major Patrick Magor Leatham, on 25 April 1967. They have two children.
She began working for Sotheby's in Bond Street, concentrating on the East of England. She joined the BBC Antiques Roadshow and was a regular contributor to the programme for 20 years. On the death of her father in 1982, with the marquessate passing to a Canadian uncle, she and her husband became custodians of Burghley House for 25 years, increasing visitor numbers from 48,000 to 97,000 by 2007, before handing over to their daughter Miranda Rock.