Sarah Wilson (war correspondent)
| Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill Wilson | |
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1893 photograph of Lady Sarah by Henry Walter ('H. Walter') Barnett, whole-plate glass negative
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4 July 1865 Hove, Sussex |
| Died | 22 October 1929 (aged 64) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Gordon Chesney Wilson (1865–1914) |
| Children | Randolph Gordon Wilson (1893– 22 May 1956) |
| Parents | John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822–1883) and Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (1822–1899) |
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Lady Sarah Wilson, RRC (4 July 1865 – 22 October 1929), born Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill, became the first woman war correspondent in 1899, when she was recruited by Alfred Harmsworth to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War.
Born on 4 July 1865 at Blenheim Palace, , Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill was the youngest of the 11 children of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822–1883), and his wife, Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane (1822–1899), daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry. Her eldest brother was George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (1844–1892), and another brother was Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1895), father of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965), who also worked as a war correspondent during the Boer War, for The Morning Post. Anne, Duchess of Roxburghe (1854–1923) was her elder sister.
On 21 November 1891, she married Gordon Chesney Wilson,MVO, (3 August 1865–6 November 1914), of the Royal Horse Guards, son of Jennie Campbell and Sir Samuel Wilson, MP. Her Oxford-educated husband, who had been born in Wimmera, Victoria, Australia, was killed in action on 6 November 1914, at First Battle of Ypres. They had one son, Randolph Gordon Wilson (1893–1956).
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