Lady Sophia Topley
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The Lady Sophia Louise Sydney Topley (née
Cavendish; born 18 March 1957) is the third child and second daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire
and his wife, Deborah Mitford. She is the younger sister of the (present) 12th Duke
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Cavendish; born 18 March 1957) is the third child and second daughter of the 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire KG, MC, PC , styled Lord Andrew Cavendish until 1944 and Marquess of Hartington from 1944 to 1950, was a British Conservative politician...
and his wife, Deborah Mitford. She is the younger sister of the (present) 12th Duke
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
Peregrine Andrew Morny Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire, KCVO, CBE , is a British peer. He is the only surviving son of the 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife, the former Deborah Mitford. He succeeded to the dukedom following the death of his father on 3 May 2004...
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Marriages
Lady Sophia has been married three times:- Anthony Murphy - 20 October 1979, and they divorced childless in 1987.
- The Honourable Alastair MorrisonAlastair Morrison, 3rd Baron MargadaleAlastair John Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale is the son of James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale and Clare Barclay.He married, firstly, Lady Sophia Cavendish, daughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and The Honourable Deborah Mitford, on 19 July 1988...
- 19 July 1988, who in 2003 succeeded as 3rd Baron MargadaleBaron MargadaleBaron Margadale, of Islay in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1965 for the Conservative politician John Morrison. As of 2009 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003. The barony of Margadale is the...
. They had two children, Declan James (born 11 July 1993) and Nancy Lorna (born 22 January 1995, named after Lady Sophia's aunt the novelist Nancy MitfordNancy MitfordNancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE , styled The Hon. Nancy Mitford before her marriage and The Hon. Mrs Peter Rodd thereafter, was an English novelist and biographer, one of the Bright Young People on the London social scene in the inter-war years...
). The marriage ended in divorce. - William Topley - 25 November 1999, an artist