Duke’s lodge to celeb retreat: How Ballyrafter House became a hideout for the rich and famous Independent.ie 29/01/2021
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Peregrine ‘Stoker’ Cavendish recently had his windows done. He had 400 frames gilded with gold at a cost of €33m at Chatsworth House in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.
Peregrine, The Duke of Devonshire, argues that gilting your window is thrifty because paint lasts five years, whilst gold endures for decades. The outlook of the Cavendish dynasty has always been golden.
Since surging up the aristo rankings thanks to its support for William of Orange, the clan has navigated successfully through centuries of political upheaval, maintaining constant favour with royalty and dodging the rake seeds that partied and gambled other great dynasties away.