Lady Sophia Topley
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Lady Sophia Topley (b. Sophia Louise Sydney Cavendish, March 18, 1957) is the third child and second daughter of the late Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and his wife Deborah Mitford and younger sister of the (present) 12th Duke of Devonshire.
[edit] Marriages
- Anthony Murphy - 20 October 1979, and they divorced childless in 1987.
- The Honourable Alastair Morrison - 19 July 1988, who in 2003 succeeded as 3rd Baron Margadale. They had two children, Declan and Nancy. The marriage ended in divorce.
- William Topley - 25 November 1999
[edit] Trivia
Her grandfather, Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire suffered a heart attack on 26 November 1950 while in Eastbourne, England. He was tended by his general practitioner, John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer, and died in his presence. Despite the fact that the duke had not seen a doctor in the 14 days before his death, the coroner was not notified as he should have been. Adams signed the death certificate stating that the Duke died of natural causes. 13 days earlier, Mrs Edith Alice Morrell - another patient of Adams - had also died. Adams was tried in 1957 for her murder but acquitted in controversial circumstances. Home office pathologist Francis Camps linked Adams to 163 suspicious deaths in total.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
