A member of the Cadbury's chocolate household died after she slipped whereas gardening and fell into the Thames river, an inquest has heard.
Sally Cadbury, 76, was leaning over to trim the rose bushes in her waterside backyard when she by accident fell into the water and drowned in Easton Hastings, close to Faringdon, Oxfordshire.
She was previously married to Peter Cadbury, the good grandson of the confectionary empire founder John Cadbury.
Her daughter, Eleanor Campbell, is the Duchess of Argyll.
Clipping the flowers on a muddy financial institution subsequent to the fast-flowing river, she misplaced her footing whereas dwelling alone, a coroner acknowledged.
The incident came about on November 4 final 12 months and she or he was reported lacking by her household that evening, the Mirror stories.
She was swept away by the present, along with her physique recovered the following day close to Grafton Lock, 500 metres down-river from her dwelling.
Oxford Coroner's Courtroom was informed that Mrs Cadbury, born in New Delhi in 1945, was final recognized to have been pruning roses on the financial institution near the river’s edge.
The financial institution close to the rose bushes was uneven and slippery, stated assistant coroner Judith Leach.
Recording a verdict of unintentional loss of life, she stated "It seems Sally in all probability misplaced her footing on the slippery financial institution and fell into the river throughout late night on November 4, 2021."
She was the previous spouse of Peter Cadbury, whom she married in 1969.
Mr Cadbury, 78, is the great-grandson of John Cadbury, a Quaker who based the world-famous chocolate empire in Birmingham in 1824.
Certainly one of their hottest merchandise is Cadbury's Roses.
She is survived by her daughter Eleanor Campbell, 49, who married the thirteenth Duke of Argyll, Torquhil Campbell, aged 53, in 2002. They reside on the household seat, Inverary Fort in Scotland.
Mrs Cadbury additionally had a son, Simon, and 5 grandchildren.
The present Duke's grandfather Ian, the eleventh Duke, who died in 1973 aged 69, was married 4 occasions.
His third spouse Margaret, whom he wed in 1951, figured within the notorious 'headless man' scandal which rocked excessive society and he divorced her in 1963. She died aged 80 in 1983.
It was portrayed within the BBC TV drama 'A Very British Scandal' with Clare Foy enjoying the Duchess final 12 months.
Within the movie - a few of it filmed at Inverary Fort - the Duchess appeared in a infamous Polaroid photograph performing oral intercourse on a person whose face and head had been edited out to guard his id.
There was fevered hypothesis with gossip columns starting from prime British politicians to Hollywood movie stars.
Inverary Fort, in a 60,000-acre property, has been the seat of the Argyll clan dukes since 1789.
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