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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 18, 2021 · 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 minister Anthony Eden’s wife during...
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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 Eden, Countess of Avon, obituary. When in May 1955 Clarissa Eden walked into Downing Street with her husband, Anthony, the newly elected prime minister, the wind could not...
Nov 16, 2021 · After her husband was knighted in 1954, she was known as Lady Eden, and when he was ennobled as the Earl of Avon in 1961, she became the Countess of Avon.
Nov 28, 2021 · On a grey November afternoon, in the presence of a small congregation of family and close friends, Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, niece of Sir Winston, was finally laid to rest next to her husband, Anthony Eden, having been a widow for more than forty-four years.
Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, wife of Prime Minister Anthony Eden, once famously said: 'For the past few weeks I have really felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing-room.' With her impressive intellect and acerbic wit, she was a highly influential muse to many leading figures over several decades.
