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When Eden won the 1955 General Election, Clarissa became the spouse of the most important man in Britain, the hostess at No. 10 and Chequers, and inevitably privy to a multitude of top level secrets. The Suez crisis and Eden's ill health meant that Clarissa shared just four years of Anthony's political life and 18 months as Prime Minister's wife.
Nov 16, 2021 · LONDON -- Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country's empire, stewarded its wars and presided over the onset of post-imperial decline, died ...
Nov 15, 2021 · CLARISSA Eden has died at the age of 101 - more than four decades after her husband, former Prime Minister Anthony Eden. The Countess of Avon - who was also the niece of wartime hero Winston ...
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Dec 2, 2021 · Junior Opinion Editor. December 2, 2021 6:00 am (Updated December 9, 2022 1:16 pm) Clarissa Eden, perhaps best known for being Winston Churchill’s niece and Anthony Eden’s wife, as well as a ...
Clarissa Eden (28 June 1920-15 November 2021) was the wife of Prime Minister Anthony Eden and a niece of Winston Churchill. Clarissa Spencer-Churchill was born in Kensington, England on 28 June 1920, the daughter of Winston Churchill's younger brother Jack Spencer-Churchill. She travelled to Paris, Tuscany, and London during her studies, and she worked in the Foreign Officer during World War ...
Jul 30, 2020 · A memoir by Clarissa Eden, born a Churchill, niece of Winston. At the age of 34 she entered No. 10 Downing Street as the wife of the new Prime Minister. This honest memoir is her first account of an extraordinary life Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-275) and index
Oct 19, 2007 · Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, is the widow of Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister from 1955-57. The second time we met, nearly ten years later, we hardly spoke. I sat next to him at a ...
