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Pamela Beryl Harriman ( née Digby; March 20, 1920 – February 5, 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat, and socialite. She married three times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill; her third husband ...
- She Had Humble Beginnings. Pamela Harriman, born Pamela Digby, entered the world on March 20, 1920. Her parents, Edward and Constance, laid their firstborn to rest in an interesting crib—the bottom drawer of a wooden chest.
- She Was On Her Own. Pamela Harriman got her first taste of travel when she was only 18 months old. Her parents uprooted the entire family and moved to Australia—a land of better tax advantages and exotic fauna.
- She Had Interesting Tutors. Pamela Harriman learned her first words, not from doting parents, but rather... from a doting parrot. Yes, a chatty white pet parrot taught her to speak, but also instilled in her a love for mimicry that she later used to emulate accents such as Winston Churchill’s.
- She Jumped Hurdles. By 1924, the Digby family had settled back into their large family home at Minterne, enjoying every comfort of an upper-class existence.
Mar 25, 2024 · Pamela Harriman (born March 20, 1920, Farnborough, Hampshire, England—died February 5, 1997, Paris, France) British-born socialite and American political figure who made a name for herself first as the wife or lover of a succession of prominent wealthy and powerful men and later, in the United States, as a doyenne of the Democratic Party.
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Pamela Harriman, US Ambassador to France and leading figure in Democratic Party, dies in Paris from complications of cerebral hemorrhage; she was 76; Pres Clinton calls her 'extraordinary US ...
An effective diplomat, dazzling socialite, and the mother of Winston Churchill’s grandson, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman won the respect of fellow diplomats and adroitly handled complex problems related to the war in the Balkans, export subsidies, and intellectual property rights during her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to France from 1993-1997.
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Pamela Beryl Harriman, also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist for the Democratic Party, diplomat, and socialite. She married three times: her first husband was Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill; her third husband was W. Averell Harriman, an American diplomat who also served as Governor of New York.
Nov 22, 2015 · Shinan Govani. Almost 19 years after her death, Pamela Harriman is being exhumed through not just one, but two, novels. In a strange confluence, the oft-wedded socialite and primo political ...
