Gladys Deacon – An Eccentric Duchess, accessed June 18, 2015.↑ Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Gladys Marie Deacon, also known as the Duchess of Marlborough. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 What happened to Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough? Gladys was a very beautiful woman and the muse for many artists, and she feared losing.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Gladys, Duchess of Marlborough: the aristocrat with attitude, .uk accessed.
Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found.By 1962, she had become mentally ill, much like her father and paternal grandmother, and was forcibly moved to St Andrew's Hospital, where she died in 1977, aged 96. She started retreating from the world and eventually became a complete recluse. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough moved with her dogs first to north Oxfordshire and later to the Grange Farm at Chacombe. Finally, the duke moved out of the palace, and two years later evicted her. The Duchess pursued her hobby of breeding Blenheim Spaniels, much to her husband's displeasure. As her behaviour became increasingly erratic, most noticeably following the Duke's conversion to Roman Catholicism, the couple began drifting apart. Later in their unhappy, childless marriage, she kept a revolver in her bedroom to prevent her husband's entry. Īrtistic and a keen gardener, the new Duchess of Marlborough had enlarged images of her startling blue-green eyes painted on the ceiling of the main portico of Blenheim Palace, where they remain today. Deacon and Marlborough were married in Paris later that year. However, Marlborough and Consuelo did not divorce until 1921. Deacon became the Duke's mistress soon after moving into the palace. At the age of 22, Deacon underwent a plastic surgery attempt in which she had her nose injected with paraffin wax it slipped, destroying her famous good looks. In 1901, the Crown Prince of Prussia visited the palace and took a strong liking to her, giving her a ring that the Kaiser demanded to be returned. In the late 1890s, the Duke of Marlborough invited Deacon to Blenheim Palace and she became friends with his wife Consuelo. Marcel Proust wrote of her: "I never saw a girl with such beauty, such magnificent intelligence, such goodness and charm." Relationship with Marlborough Deacon and her sisters returned to France to live with their mother. Edward Deacon soon became mentally unstable and was hospitalised at McLean Hospital, dying there in 1901. He took them to the United States, where Deacon remained for the next three years. The couple was divorced in 1893 and the custody of the three older children, including Gladys, was given to Edward. Īfter Edward's release from prison, Florence abducted Gladys from the convent. Her father was imprisoned after shooting her mother's lover to death in 1892 and the girl was sent to school at the Convent de l’Assomption at Auteuil. She had three sisters and a brother who died in infancy. Window Box OUR WINDOW BOX Spilling with new favourites, old friends, and pleasures to come Temptations from the shop window, a show case for the new and outstanding, and a handful of surprises.Born in Paris, Gladys Marie Deacon was the daughter of American citizens Edward Deacon and his wife Florence, daughter of Admiral Charles H.We will be adding to this section gradually so do check in from time to time. Some will have been acquired on our travels, others unearthed from private libraries. Rare Books Rare books Some older gems A serendipitous selection of books that ranges from the rare and expensive to old favourites in good hardback editions.See our Remarkables Archive list for what is no longer in print, but which we are happy to track down. Due to limited print runs and rare editions, many remarkables are no longer readily available. Remarkables REMARKABLES Intriguing, stunning, or otherwise remarkable books These include fine editions, foreign publications exceptional for their interest or production, special editions and some first-rate books from very small publishers.
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