Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish was the daughter of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil. She was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and a lady-in-waiting to her sister, Princess Margaret, from the late 1940s until the latter's death in 2002. Lady Elizabeth was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1976 and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1997. She was a Justice of the Peace in Inner London for many years where she served as a chairman of both the juvenile and adult courts. Although she never married, she was a long time companion of the Poet Laureate John Betjeman.
Lady Elizabeth Georgiana Alice Cavendish was the daughter of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Lady Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil. She was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and a lady-in-waiting to her sister, Princess Margaret, from the late 1940s until the latter's death in 2002. Lady Elizabeth was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1976 and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1997. She was a Justice of the Peace in Inner London for many years where she served as a chairman of both the juvenile and adult courts. Although she never married, she was a long time companion of the Poet Laureate John Betjeman.
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ELIZABETH GEORGIANA
ALICE CAVENDISH
C.V.O.
24 APRIL 1926
15 SEPTEMBER 2018
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