Diana churchill biography

Daughter of Winston Churchill (1909–1963)

For the actress, see Diana Churchill (actress).

Diana Spencer Churchill (11 July 1909 – 20 October 1963) was the eldest daughter of British statesman Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill.

Personal life

Diana Churchill was born at 33 Eccleston Square, London, on 11 July 1909,^[1] the first of five children of Winston Churchill – then a member of Parliament and government minister – and Clementine Hozier.

She attended Notting Hill High School and then the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she spent five terms,^[2][3] although her focus was not on acting.

On 12 December 1932, Churchill married John Milner Bailey (15 June 1900 East Grinstead – 13 February 1946 Cape Town, South Africa), who became the Bailey baronet Sir John Milner Bailey, 2nd Bt, but the marriage was unsuccessful and they divorced in 1935.

On 16 September 1935, she married the Conservative politic