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Name
  
Diana Churchill


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Role
  
Winston Churchill's daughter

Died
  
October 20, 1963, London, United Kingdom

Siblings
  
Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill, Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, Marigold Churchill

Parents
  
Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill

Children
  
Edwina Sandys, Julian Sandys, Celia Sandys

Spouse
  
Duncan Sandys (m. 1935–1960), John Milner Bailey (m. 1932–1935)

Similar People
  
Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill, Randolph Churchill, Sarah Churchill, Duncan Sandys

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

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Personal life

She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where she spent five terms, without any real intention to become an actress. On 12 December 1932, she married John Milner Bailey (15 June 1900 East Grimstead – 13 February 1946 Cape Town, South Africa) (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 politician, Duncan Sandys (later in life The Lord Duncan-Sandys). After having three children, that marriage also ended and they were divorced in 1960.

On 11 April 1962, her name was legally changed back to Diana Churchill.

Children

From her second marriage to Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys they have three children

  • The Honourable Julian Sandys (19 September 1936 – 15 August 1997) he married Elisabeth Martin in 1970. They have four children:
  • Lucy Diana Sandys (1971) she married David Pite in 2007. They have two children:
  • Iona Susan Pite (2010)
  • Clementine Elisabeth Pite (2014)
  • Duncan John Winston Sandys (1973) he married Mary Brown C. Brewer and were divorced in 2016. They have one son:
  • Julian George Winston Sandys (10 April 2008)
  • Jonathan Martin Edwin Sandys (1975) he married Sara Hill in 2009. They have two children, who are the first direct descendants of Sir Winston Churchill to be born in the United States (Texas):
  • Jesse Benjamin Sandys (2014)
  • Arizona Jane Sandys (2016)
  • Roderick Julian Frederick Sandys (1977-9 December 2007)
  • The Honourable Edwina Sandys (22 December 1938) she married Piers Dixon in 1960 and were divorced in 1973. They have two sons. She married Richard D. Kaplan in 1985.
  • Mark Pierson Dixon (1962)
  • Hugo Duncan Dixon (1963)
  • The Honourable Celia Sandys (18 May 1943) she married Michael Kennedy in 1965 and were divorced in 1970. They have one son. She remarried Sir Dennis Walters in 1970 and were divorced in 1979. They have one son. She remarried Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Perkins in 1985. They have two children.
  • Justin Kennedy (1967)
  • Dominic Walters (1971)
  • Alexander Winston Duncan Perkins (1986)
  • Sophie Rachel Perkins (1988)

    • Military service

    She was an officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War.

    Health issues and death

    Diana suffered from several nervous breakdowns. In 1962, she began working with the Samaritans, an organisation created for suicide-prevention. In 1963, she died, at age 54, from an overdose of barbiturates. A coroner later concluded that the death was a suicide. She is buried with her parents (who both outlived her) and siblings at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

    References

    Diana Churchill Wikipedia
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