Duchess

Duchess

AN ELEGANT AND GRACEFUL BEDROOM

Named after two women. Anna Marie Stanhope (1783-1857) a friend of Queen Victoria and Lady of the Bedchamber, who is credited with inventing afternoon tea in about 1840. And the flying Duchess, Mary du Caurroy. A nurse, radiologist, ornithologist, aviator, feminist and suffragette (1865-1937).