Georgia Powell
English journalist
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Georgia Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (née Powell; born 18 February 1969)[1] is an English journalist who is married to Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort.[2]
February 18, 1969
The Duchess of Beaufort | |
|---|---|
| Born | Georgia Powell February 18, 1969 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Spouse | |
Powell is the daughter of the director and producer Tristram Powell and his wife, the former Virginia Lucas, and is thus a granddaughter of the novelist Anthony Powell.[3] She studied Classics at the University of Oxford, and is best known as a columnist and obituarist for the Daily Telegraph.[4]
Her first marriage, in 1996, was to Tobias Coke; they had a son and a daughter.[4] On 30 April 2018, she married the Duke of Beaufort at St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton. The Duke had previously divorced his first wife, actress Tracy Ward,[5] after making a public announcement to guests at the Duke of Beaufort's annual hunt ball.[6]
Publications
- By Georgia Powell Chin Up, Girls!: A Book of Women's Obituaries from the Daily Telegraph (with Katharine Ramsay). John Murray, 2005. ISBN 9780719563010
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