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2 unusual facts about Duff Cooper


Georges Geffroy

He built a large number of them, notably for Baron Alexis de Redé at the Hôtel Lambert and, in 1944, in collaboration with Charles de Beistegui, for the residence of Sir Duff Cooper and Lady Diana Cooper, the British ambassador to France.

Richard Kingsland

He was sent to Morocco in 1940 to rescue two of Britain's most senior WWII leaders, Duff Cooper and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort.



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Lady Diana Cooper

Following Duff Cooper's retirement in 1947, they continued to live in France at Chantilly, until his death in 1954.