Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill)
(1865-1929), War correspondent; wife of Gordon Chesney Wilson; daughter of 7th Duke of MarlboroughSitter in 9 portraits
Lady Sarah Wilson was the daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and notably became the first female war correspondent when she reported on the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Boer War in 1899. Her husband Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Chesney Wilson was aide-de-camp to Colonel Robert Baden-Powell, the commanding officer at Mafeking. The young Winston Churchill, nephew to Lady Wilson, was also a war correspondent before achieving office as British Prime Minister (1940-5 and 1951-5).
The 7th Duke of Marlborough and his family
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax33523
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill) as Madame de Pompadour
by John Thomson, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41166
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1900
NPG x76621
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1900
NPG x76622
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill)
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, circa 1900
NPG x76623
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill)
published by Ogden's
bromide cigarette card, published circa 1900
NPG x197222
Members of the Marlborough House Set
by David Knights-Whittome
dry-plate glass negative, 10-17 September 1906
NPG x8466
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill) (née Spencer Churchill)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 4 January 1921
NPG x36680
Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson (née Spencer-Churchill) (née Spencer Churchill)
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 4 January 1921
NPG x36681
Related People
- Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Bradley-Birt (née Spencer Churchill) (niece)
- Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill (brother)
- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (nephew)
- Rosamond Jane Frances (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady de Ramsey (sister)
- Lady Lilian Maud Grenfell (née Spencer-Churchill) (niece)
- Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe (sister)
- George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough (grandfather)
- John Winston Spencer Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (father)
- Frances Anne Emily Churchill (née Vane), Duchess of Marlborough (mother)
- George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (brother)
- Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (nephew)
- Anne Emily (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe (sister)
- Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill (uncle)
- Fanny Octavia Louisa (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Tweedmouth (sister)
- Gordon Chesney Wilson (husband)
- Cornelia Henrietta Maria (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady Wimborne (sister)
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