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Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ( née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957.
- 15 November 2021 (aged 101), London, England
- Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1955–1957)
- Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 28 June 1920, Kensington, London, England
Nov 16, 2021 · Clarissa Eden, the Countess of Avon, who has died aged 101, is remembered for her comment, as the prime minister Anthony Eden’s wife during the 1956 Suez crisis, that she “felt sometimes that...
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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...
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Nov 19, 2021 · Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, 1920-2021. Would-be bohemian with a sharp intellect and instinctive disdain for politics who became the wife of a Conservative prime minister. Clarissa...
Nov 18, 2021 · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon. Born: June 28th, 1920. Died: November 15th, 2021. Clarissa Eden, the Countess of Avon, who has died aged 101, is remembered for her comment, as the prime...
Dec 2, 2021 · Clarissa Eden, perhaps best known for being Winston Churchill’s niece and Anthony Eden’s wife, as well as a much-admired socialite, has died aged 101. Eden was born to Lady Gwendoline Bertie...
OBITUARY. Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, obituary. Self-possessed and ‘bewildering’ wife of Anthony Eden who ‘felt the Suez Canal flowing through her drawing room’. Tuesday November 16 2021,...