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4 unusual facts about Penelope Hobhouse


Barbara Paul Robinson

While on sabbatical from Debevoise & Plimpton, Ms. Robinson worked as a gardener for Rosemary Verey, at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire, England, and then for Penelope Hobhouse at the National Trust Garden, Tintinhull in Somerset, experiences she found life-transforming.

James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark

He was married to Marion Caroline Dehra Chichester, daughter of Dame Dehra Parker and had three children; James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, Robin Chichester-Clark and Penelope Hobhouse.

Marquess of Donegall

His wife Dehra was also a politician while their daughter Marion Caroline Dehra was the mother of politicians James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, and Sir Robin Chichester-Clark and of gardening writer and television presenter Penelope Hobhouse.

Penelope Hobhouse

Known still as Penelope Hobhouse, she then lived in Bettiscombe, Dorset.



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