Clarissa Eden
Anne Clarissa Eden, Dowager Countess of Avon (née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was the widow of Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977), who was British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957.
The Dowager Countess of Avon | |
|---|---|
 Clarissa Eden in 1960 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| In office 6 April 1955 – 10 January 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Clementine Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Lady Dorothy Macmillan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clarissa Spencer-Churchill 28 June 1920 Cromwell Road, Kensington, England |
| Died | 15 November 2021 (aged 101) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Relations | Lord Randolph Churchill (grandfather) Lady Randolph Churchill (grandmother) Sir Winston Churchill (uncle) The Baroness Spencer-Churchill (aunt) Diana Churchill, Randolph Churchill, The Baroness Audley, Marigold Churchill and The Baroness Soames (cousins) John Spencer-Churchill (brother) |
| Parents | John Strange Spencer-Churchill (1880–1947) Lady Gwendoline Bertie (1885–1941) |
She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954, when he was made a Knight of the Garter, and then becoming Countess of Avon in 1961, on her husband's elevation to the peerage. She is also the niece of the prime minister Winston Churchill.[1]
Her memoir, sub-titled From Churchill to Eden, was published in 2007, under the name of Clarissa Eden.
Eden turned 100 in June 2020. She died on 15 November 2021, aged 101.[2]
Clarissa Eden Media
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office main building.jpg
The Foreign Office in London, c. 2014
- Anthony Eden (retouched).jpg
Anthony Eden, c. 1941–42
- Chequers (cropped).jpg
Chequers in Buckinghamshire, 2018
- GoldeneyeEstate.jpg
Goldeneye in Jamaica, 2011
- Saint Mary, Alvediston- churchyard (i) (geograph 3576018).jpg
Eden's grave in the churchyard of St Mary's, Alvediston, 2013
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ The Countess of Avon, intellectual and independent-minded widow of the prime minister Anthony Eden and niece of Winston Churchill – obituary (subscription needed)