Sarah Wilson (war correspondent)
The Right Honourable Lady Sarah Wilson | |
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1893 photograph of Lady Sarah | |
| Born | 4 July 1865 Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England |
| Died | 22 October 1929 (aged 64) London, England |
| Noble family | Spencer-Churchill |
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| Issue | Randolph Gordon Wilson |
| Father | John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough |
| Mother | Lady Frances Anne Vane |
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| Occupation | War correspondent |
Lady Sarah Wilson DStJ RRC (born Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill; 4 July 1865 – 22 October 1929) became one of the first female war correspondents in 1899, when she was recruited by Alfred Harmsworth to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War.