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Clarissa Spencer-Churchill was born on 28 June 1920, legally the daughter of Major Jack Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947) and Lady Gwendoline ("Goonie") Bertie [Wikidata] (1885–1941), a daughter of the 7th Earl of Abingdon, who had married in 1908.
Seal of Henry Le Despenser. The House was founded in the 15th century by Henry Spencer (died c. 1478), from whom all members descend. In the 16th century, the claim arose that the Spencers were a cadet branch of the older House Le Despencer, though this theory has since been debunked, in particular by historian J. Horace Round in his essay The Rise of the Spencers.
Spencer Churchill was the son of John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947) and Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie (1885–1941). His sister Clarissa married Anthony Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, wife of the Prime Minister when Winston Churchill retired in 1955, and later the Countess of Avon in 1961 on his elevation to the peerage.
The family of Winston Churchill, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is a prominent family in the United Kingdom and the United States. Churchill is the eldest son of Lord Randolph Churchill , the son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough , and Jeanette Jerome , an American socialite and the 5th great-granddaughter of Robert Coe , an early ...
Charles Spencer-Churchill (disambiguation), multiple people; Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (1920–2021), wife of Anthony Eden; Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), prime minister of the UK; Clementine Churchill (1885–1977), life peer and wife of Winston Churchill; Frances Anne Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1822–1899 ...
In 1950 Eden and Beatrice were finally divorced, and in 1952, he married Churchill's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, a nominal Roman Catholic who was fiercely criticised by Catholic writer Evelyn Waugh for marrying a divorced man. [187]
Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill last wore the silk gown in 1953. Queen’s maid of honour ‘overwhelmed’ at reunion with restored Coronation dress Skip to main content
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill (1871-1934), 9th Duke of Marlborough; Date and time of data generation: 22 December 2019: JPEG file comment: Created by ImageGear, AccuSoft Corp. File change date and time: 04:15, 17 February 2016: Software used: Keepthinking IPTC/XMP Processor: Special instructions: This metadata was embedded in the image ...