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She married one of the few survivors, Duff Cooper, later British ambassador to France. After his death, she wrote three volumes of memoirs which reveal much about early 20th-century upper-class life. Birth and youth. Lady Diana Cooper, from The Book of Fair Women by E.O. Hoppé, 1922.
9 de jun. de 2015 · Lady Diana Manners (her name until she married Duff), born in 1892, was the last child of the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, or at least she was the duchess's last child: it was commonly assumed...
Cooper was married to Lady Diana from 1919 to his death and their only child was John Julius Norwich (1929–2018), who became well known as a writer and television presenter. Cooper's granddaughter Artemis has published several books, including A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper, 1913–50.
10 de ene. de 2021 · From October 1939 to March 1940, Conservative member of parliament Alfred Duff Cooper and his wife Diana toured the United States. Their public appearances drew thousands of audience members and provoked the ire of isolationists, but the true importance of the Coopers’ tour lay in the conversations they undertook with prominent ...
13 de sept. de 2019 · Duff and Lady Diana Cooper (NPG) Duff’s wife, Diana Cooper, one of the leading society figures of her day, accompanied her husband. He argued that a member of the Foreign Service...
After demobilisation he returned to the Foreign Service and in 1919 he married Lady Diana Manners, daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland. Her family strongly resisted her wish to marry a penniless commoner, but eventually they gave in. In 1923, Diana went on tour with Max Reinhardt’s lavish theatrical extravaganza, The Miracle.
23 de oct. de 2005 · Review. Dishing the dirt - about time too. Duff Cooper's frank and racy diaries are finally out. Robert McCrum on a vivid, fascinating and often distasteful portrait of the early 20th...
