Chatsworth House 10th Duke of Devonshire. However, he was killed in action in Belgium in September 1944, and Kathleen died in a plane crash in 1948. His younger brother Andrew became the 11th Duke in 1950. He was married to Deborah Mitford, one of the Mitford girls and sister to Nancy Mitford, Diana Mitford, Pamela Mitford, Unity Mitford and Jessica Mitford The modern history of Chatsworth begins in 1950. The family had not yet moved back after the war and, although the 10th Duke had transferred his assets to his son during his lifetime in the hope of avoiding death duties, he
Pamela (name) Pamela (name) Pamela is a feminine given name. Pamela is often abbreviated to Pam. Pamela is infrequently used as a surname. Sir Philip Sidney invented the name Pamela for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia", written in the late 16th century and published posthumously. The name is widely taken to mean "all sweetness", formed on the Greek words παν "pan" ("all") and μέλι "meli" ("honey"), but there is no evidence regarding what meaning, if any, Sidney intended for it. The Samuel Richardson novel "Pamela" in 1740 or 1741 inaugurated the use of Pamela