Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, (born Deborah Freeman-Mitford and latterly Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire; 31 March 1920 – 24 September 2014) was an English aristocrat, writer, memoirist and socialite. She was the youngest and last surviving of the six Mitford sisters, who were prominent members of English society in the 1930s and 1940s. Known to her family as "Debo", Deborah Mitford was born in Asthall Manor, Oxfordshire, England. Her parents were David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale (1878–1958), son of Algernon Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, and his wife, Sydney (1880–1963), daughter of Thomas Gibson
Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche The Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche (French: "Sœurs de la Sainte-Famille de Villefranche"; Latin: "Congregatio Sororum a Sacra Familia"; abbreviation: "S.F.") is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. Members dedicated themselves to instruction and education of youth, especially the poor. This religious institute was founded in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France, in 1816, by st. Émilie de Rodat, and received pontifical status in 1869. The sisters have houses in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Philippines.