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Eden, Clarissa Anne, 1920-2021 (nee Spencer Churchill, wife of 1st Earl of Avon)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920 - 2021

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Anthony Eden, The majority of folios date from 1952-53.

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/89
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mainly with [Robert] Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon] and his wife, Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa Churchill, later Clarissa, Lady Avon], on subjects including their engagement and wedding, a stay to convalesce at Chequers [Buckinghamshire], June 1953 and Eden's medical treatment in the United States. Other correspondents include Timothy Eden and Beatrice Eden.

Dates: The majority of folios date from 1952-53.
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Clementine Churchill": source material, copies from the Avon Papers, 1965-77, 2000-08

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/2/35
Scope and Contents

Copies of correspondence between CSC and 1st Lord Avon [earlier Robert Anthony Eden] and Clarissa, Lady Avon [earlier Clarissa Churchill], also including copies of letters from Anthony Montague Browne [former Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill].

Dates: 2000-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence with Sir Anthony Eden and his wife, Clarissa, 1938 - 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS 4/11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...
Dates: 1938 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.