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But Macmillan – a bit of a toff married to the Duke of Devonshire's daughter – worked his passage over four long decades.

Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by DR Thorpe – review Peter Preston 2010

As a director of country house sales for Sotheby's in the U.K., Lord Harry Dalmeny has been behind the rostrum and on top of the gavel for some of the most high-profile auctions in Europe, including the Duke of Devonshire's sale at Chatsworth House and the 2004 record sale at Hopetoun House of Jack Vettriano's painting "The Singing Butler" for £744,800.

Harry Dalmeny Trades the Gavel for a Toboggan William Lyons 2011

In 1778, Lady Julia Stanley -- the protagonist of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire's novel "The Sylph" -- muses that her husband has had a mistress since their wedding day and asks plaintively, "What law excludes a woman from doing the same?"

If He Has A Mistress, Why Can't She Have...A Mister? 2011

As Roger Redfern's country diary records twice a month on these pages, the Peak District is part of the life of the cities on its borders, and has been since well before the famous Kinder mass trespass of 1932, which saw ramblers demand their right to walk across the Duke of Devonshire's shooting estate.

In praise of … the Peak District | Editorial 2011

The Duke of Devonshire's attics are the length of village streets, and now he has decided to have a bit of a clearout – he needs the space, he explained from his 300-room home in Derbyshire.

Chatsworth House clearout expected to fetch £2.5m 2010

The fair, on the grounds of the duke and duchess of Devonshire's home, is one of the largest in England.

Photos of the Day: Sept. 3 2010

Mr. Seeman, who is on the Devonshire's staff, had to move a recent meeting from a small conference room to the lobby to accommodate overflow crowds.

Retirees Fret Over Investments Clare Ansberry 2008

In this movie, the Duke of Devonshire's dogs were ENGLISH POINTERS .... handsome as they are, they were actually not developed as such until the 19th century.

Pugnacious Heather Carroll 2008

On occasion the Simon and the Getty have jointly bought important works — including Poussin's celebrated Holy Family at Rest on the Flight from Egypt from the Duke of Devonshire's collection — and the museums exhibit them on a rotating basis.

The Big Rock Candy Mountain Filler, Martin 1997

In raptures, I began to explain how the Duke of Devonshire's fluospar mines actually made a continuous profit but the resultant craftsmanship never quite matched Italian work.

The Vatican Rip Gash, Jonathan 1981