CHURCHILL'S GRANDMAMA: Frances, 7th Duchess of Marlborough.
Foreword by His Grace the Duke of Marlborough Pp. xxiv+214, 16 plates, notes and references, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2010. First edition. *Biography of Sir Winston Churchill's grandmother. Frances Anne Emily Vane-Tempest-Stewart was the eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. 'Her godfather was the Duke of Wellington, her uncle Lord Castlereagh, British Foreign Secretary. Queen Victora was a lifelong friend and contemporary and her political circle included both Disraeli and Gladstone' [wrapper blurb]. Item #176875
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