Usually, Gladys Deacon came out to walk round the village ... though by then she’d reverted to her proper title, the Duchess of Marlborough. She was 94. Clearly, if I wanted to write the story ...

She married a duke and was the it-girl of the 1900s, but Gladys Deacon ... ninth Duke of Marlborough (he was the first cousin and close friend of Winston Churchill). Consuelo, Duchess of ...

Gladys Deacon had a brief but glamorous reign as the 12th Duchess of Marlborough from 1921-1933 Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Hugo Vickers 19 February 2020 6:00pm GMT ...

Gladys Deacon was indeed a duchess, the second wife of the Ninth Duke of Marlborough. The historian Hugo Vickers showed steely determination and great charm to get the reclusive duchess ...

years of reclusive seclusion… All were combined in the long and turbulent life of Gladys Deacon. The story of the first marriage of Charles, 9th Duke of Marlborough, and Consuelo Vanderbilt in ...

A biography of Gladys Deacon, who married the ninth Duke of Marlborough and inspired some of the great names of the Belle Epoque: Rodin and Monet befriended her, Boldini painted her and Epstein ...

“Your Grace,” said the butler to the Duchess of Marlborough last week, “there are three strange men in the basement.” The Duchess, born Gladys Marie Deacon in Boston, made no reply.