Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles

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Daughter of Dr. Edward Spencer Cowles of 95 Park Avenue, New York, USA. Educated privately.

Newspaper correspondent 1937-41, covering Spanish Civil War, The Russo-Finnish War, The European War. 1942 Special Assistant to American Ambassador in London. 1943-45 War
Correspondent for the Sunday Times covering North Africa, Italy, Western Europe.

Publications: Looking for Trouble, 1941; How America is Governed, 1944; No Cause for Alarm, 1949; Winston Churchill: The Era and The Man, 1953; Edward VII and His Circle, 1956; The Phantom Major, 1958; The Great Swindle, 1960; The Kaiser, 1963; The Defiant Swan Song, 1967; The Russian Dagger, 1969; The Romanoffs, 1971; The Rothschilds, 1973; The Last Tzar and Tzarina, 1977; The Astors, 1979.



(Harriet) Virginia Spencer Cowles OBE (August 24, 1910 – September 17, 1983[2]) was a noted American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war. Her service as a correspondent was recognized by the British government with an OBE in 1947. After the war, she published a number of critically acclaimed biographies of historical figures. In 1983, while traveling with her husband, she was killed in an automobile accident which left him severely injured. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Cowles


Died:
Car Crash

Harriet married Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD on 30 Jul 1945. Aidan (son of Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley and Anstice Katherine Gibbs) was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Benenden, Kent; died on 3 Nov 1993 in Banbury, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Andrew Hayward Crawley was born on 21 Jun 1947 in Marylebone, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy.
2. Harriet Spencer Crawley
3. Randall Stafford Crawley was born on 14 Jul 1950 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy.