Laura Cavendish, Countess of Burlington


Laura Cavendish, Countess of Burlington is a British fashion consultant. She is the daughter of Richard Roundell, deputy chairman of Christie's, and his wife, Anthea, both of Dorfold Hall, a Jacobean house in Cheshire. A contributing editor for Vogue, she has sat on the New Generation board of the British Fashion Council since 2010 and has consulted for a number of brands including Selfridges and Acne. In 2017 she led the ‘House Style ‘exhibition at Chatsworth curated by Hamish Bowles and designed by Patrick Kinmonth and co-authored a book by the same name. In 2018 she became a trustee for the Garden Museum in Lambeth.

Marriages and children

She married firstly, in August 1996 at Acton Parish Church, Orlando William Montagu, the younger son of The 11th Earl of Sandwich. They had no children before divorcing in 2002.
She announced her engagement to the aristocratic photographer William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington, heir to the Duke of Devonshire, on 23 December 2006 in The Times. The couple married quietly in March 2007, and a wedding reception was held in early August 2007 at Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland, now the home of the newlyweds.
Cavendish is now known as the Countess of Burlington, or more informally as Laura Burlington.
The couple has three children, a son and two daughters: