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British antiques expert

Lady Victoria Diana LeathamMBE (née Cecil; born 28 June 1947) is an antiques expert and television personality.

Lady victoria leatham biography of christopher columbus

She was the chatelaine of Burghley House from 1982 to 2007.

Career

Leatham began working for Sotheby's in Bond Street, concentrating on the East of England. She joined the BBC Antiques Roadshow and was a regular contributor to the programme for 20 years.^[1][2] On the death of her father in 1981, with the marquessate passing to a Canadian uncle, she and her husband became the custodians of Burghley House for 25 years, increasing annual visitor numbers from 48,000 to 97,000 by 2007, before handing it over to their daughter, Miranda Rock.^[3]

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the community in Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire.^[4]

Positions

• Honorary colonel of 158 Royal Anglian Reg