WAIT FOR ME memoirs by Deborah Mitford (non-fic)

Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire is the youngest of the six famous Mitford sisters; she wrote this memoir in 2010 when she was 90 years old.  It is a toss up as to which of her sisters was the best known of the eccentric and wildly talented Mitford family.  Nancy the eldest, who wrote the most books, fiction and non-fiction is perhaps the most widely read.  Readers are still finding her uproariously funny books, about growing up in reduced circumstances with Favre and Muv, entertaining.  Favre and Muv were Lord and Lady Redesdale who like many British nobles, were home and land rich, with all their income going to maintain entailed property.  None of them exactly "own" their property;  they just keep it going for the next heir to come along. 
Everyone in the family had a pet name, and Debo may have been the last to come along, but she was and is filled with the same energy and creativity her sisters possess.
This memoir tells more tales of Decca, Diana, Unity, Pamela and brother Tom who was killed fighting in World War II. As Deborah has outlived the others, we also learn what became of them in later life.
The family property was in Oxfordshire and when the family fell on hard times, they moved to Old Mill Cottage in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which is familiar territory to me, as I worked there for a time.
Deborah came of age during the war, a time of rationing and hand-me-down clothes.  She duly came out, was presented, and met, fell in love and married Andrew Cavendish, heir to the Chatsworth estate and Duke of Devonshire. The latter half of the book talks of the managing of the Devonshire properties and how she managed to keep them going by opening Chatsworth House to the public and keeping a working farm profitable.  Along the way, many famous people such as Evelyn Waugh, Lucian Freud and the Kennedy Family make their appearances, bowing in and out as stories are told.  Some of the more interesting parts of the book appear in the addendum which chronicle the inauguration of President John Kennedy and then his funeral.  The Cavendishes were special guests at both of these events, along with other visits to the White House while Kennedy was President.
Like the other books by and about the Mitfords, this one is entertaining if you have some knowledge of the characters.  At times I found myself become bored with the many Lord and Lady This and That coming and going, eating dinners and chasing grouse.  The best bits are when Debo is telling us stories of her slightly dotty family.  There are a number of interesting photos in the book and the last is a lovely picture of the Duchess with her many great-grandchildren.