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Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Deacon; 7 February 1881 – 13 October 1977) was a French American aristocrat and socialite. She was the mistress and later the second wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough .
Aug 11, 2019 · Gladys Deacon was once heralded as one of the world’s most beautiful women. She overcame a traumatic childhood to become the “belle of the ball” in Parisian society, she became a Duchess and ...
Feb 11, 2021 · Gladys Marie Deacon was an American and European socialite and Duchess of Marlborough by way of marriage. Her sensational life story—from a tragic beginning to a fairy tale wedding and nightmarish ending—serves as a cautionary tale for those who get what they wish for.
Feb 17, 2011 · A new exhibition at Blenheim Palace now seeks to bring Gladys Deacon's legacy back into the public eye decades after she was unceremoniously evicted from the palace grounds. The property is...
Feb 14, 2020 · A fortune teller informed young Gladys that she would become the Duchess of Marlborough, and mistress of the palace of Blenheim, the trophy house presented to John Churchill, the first...
Nov 20, 2015 · But there's more to Gladys than the folly of her beauty treatment - she really was a woman ahead of her time, and a rebel with an outstanding wit & intelligence. Credit: Many thanks to ...
Feb 19, 2020 · Gladys Deacon died a recluse in 1977, but a new exhibition celebrates her glamorous reign as Duchess of Marlborough in the Roaring Twenties.
Feb 7, 2011 · Her beauty and fierce intelligence left Proust and Rodin obsessed, and the upper-classes besotted. Then why did the vivacious Gladys Deacon die a recluse?
Intrigued and compelled to unmask the truth of her mysterious life, Vickers visited her over the course of two years, eventually publishing Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough, a biography of her...
Jan 16, 2020 · The Sphinx: the Life of Gladys Deacon — Duchess of Marlborough by Hugo Vickers - review. Hugo Vickers’s life of Gladys Marlborough is an extraordinary and tragic story, with special...
