(1) Her husband became heir to the dukedom on the death of his brother in 1944 and succeeded unexpectedly early when his father died in 1950, 14 weeks before the date on which the estates would have escaped 80% death duties.
(2) The marquess – AKA Jamie Blandford, AKA notorious, rambunctious, formerly disgraced and once nearly disinherited heir apparent to the dukedom of Marlborough – is the cheeringly gristly knot at the heart of the first episode of The Aristocrats, a sprightly new two-parter that takes a surprisingly even-handed gander at the lives of the monumentally privileged as they yah and blah around their often endangered country piles.
(3) The show, which tells the story of a minor noble who finds he's ninth in line to a dukedom and resolves to be the first, took 10 nominations, including best musical.
(4) Her son Peregrine succeeded to the dukedom, and she is also survived by her daughters Emma and Sophia.
(5) A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is set in Edwardian London and tells the story of Monty Navarro who finds he is ninth in line to a dukedom - and wants to be first.