Clarissa Eden obituary Conservatives The Guardian


Winston Churchill's niece and Prime Minister Anthony Eden's widow Clarissa Eden dies aged 101

21 October 2007 • 12:01am. Clarissa Eden was accused of influencing her husband during the Suez Crisis. She was Winston Churchill's niece, Anthony Eden's wife, and her friends included Isaiah.


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The Countess of Avon, who has died aged 101, was the widow of Anthony Eden, Conservative Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957 (later the 1st Earl of Avon), and the most unusual of all the political.


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Anthony and Clarissa married in 1952 and had their reception at 10 Downing Street, hosted by Winston and Clementine Churchill. In 1955 Eden succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister, and Clarissa was thrust onto the world stage. The Edens met global leaders ranging from Charles de Gaulle to Dwight D. Eisenhower, and rubbed shoulders with royalty.


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The private art collection of Eden and his second wife, Clarissa, who was Churchill's niece, has come up for sale at Christie's. Entitled Churchill to Eden: The Collection of The Earl and Countess of Avon and valued at £1.5 million, it will be auctioned on 21 October. The couple kept the collection at Alvediston Manor, their home in Wiltshire, until Eden's death in 1977, at which point.


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On Sunday night, Clarissa Avon - the Countess of Avon, and widow of former prime minister Anthony Eden - ate a chocolate soufflé, drank a glass of Champagne, and said goodnight to her devoted.


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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.


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Clarissa Eden, British Countess and Political Influencer, Dies at 101 The iconoclastic niece of Winston Churchill, she was married to Prime Minister Anthony Eden, who was at the helm.


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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.


Winston Churchill's niece and Prime Minister Anthony Eden's widow Clarissa Eden dies aged 101

November 16, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. by The New York Times LONDON -- Clarissa Eden, an elegant and well-connected insider among a British elite that shaped the country's empire, stewarded its wars.


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When Anthony Eden entered 10 Downing Street in 1955, the British public were intrigued by his young and unconventional second wife, Winston Churchill's niece, Clarissa. But few grasped the.


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Clarissa Eden, Sir Winston Churchill's niece and the widow of former Prime Minister Anthony Eden has died at the age of 101. Pictured in April 2008 View gallery Anthony Eden and.


Clarissa Eden obituary Conservatives The Guardian

Tuesday November 16 2021, 9.00am, The Times. When in May 1955 Clarissa Eden walked into Downing Street with her husband, Anthony, the newly elected prime minister, the wind could not have stood.


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3.38 24 ratings3 reviews In 1955, at the astonishingly young age of 34, Clarissa Eden entered No. 10 Downing Street as the wife of the new Prime Minister, Anthony Eden.


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Tue 16 Nov 2021 10.26 EST 48 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.


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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.


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Anthony Eden's wife, Clarissa, who died yesterday, at 101, took her secret to the grave Expand Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with former British prime minister Anthony.