Pamela Harriman

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Pamela Beryl Harriman (née Digby; 1920–2005), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political activist, diplomat, and socialite.

She married three influential and influential women, her first husband being Randolph Churchill, the son of prime minister Winston Churchill.

Winston Churchill, her only child, was named after her fabled grandfather.

Early life

Pamela Digby was born in Farnborough, England, England, and Edward Digby, the 11th Baron Digby's daughter, Constance Pamela Alice, was the daughter of Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. She was educated by governingesses in Minterne Magna, Dorset, along with her three younger siblings. Jane Digby, a nineteenth-century adventurer and courtesan, (1807–1881), was best known for her exotic travels and scandalous personal life. Pamela was expected to follow in her relative's footsteps, and she has been described as "the twentieth century's most influential courtesan" in 20 years.

From an early age, Pamela was raised in acres of Dorset farmland and woods. She appeared at shows at the International Olympia, Royal Bath and West Show, and in local shows at Dorchester and Melplash. When every fence was above the animal's withers at Olympia, she show-jumped a tiny pony named Stardust that made a good round.

She was enrolled in a Munich boarding school for six months at the age of seventeen. Unity Mitford introduced Adolf Hitler while she was there. She remained in Paris after taking some Sorbonne classes. Despite the fact that she referred to these classes as "post-graduate" work in her Who's Who biography, she has never obtained a college degree. She had returned to Britain by 1937, by 1937.

She was a descendant of the Earls of Leicester and Ilchester, as well as the Dukes of Atholl. She was Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk's first cousin. Alexandra of Kent's cousin was also a third cousin, although she was once unveiled. She was also a fourth cousin of Sarah, Duchess of York, who was once removed.

Personal life

Pamela was 19 years old when working at the Foreign Office in London translating French-to-English, Randolph Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill, who, according to British writer Sonia Purnell, "a womaniser and alcoholic" who was desperate for a wife after only talking to eight women in the space of two weeks." Randolph proposed to her on the evening she was born on October 4th, 1939. Their son Winston was born two days after Randolph Churchill took his place in the House of Commons. Pamela and the baby were photographed by Cecil Beaton for Life magazine's first photograph of a mother with a baby.

Randolph was sent by the British Commandos to Cairo in February 1941, amassing more gambling debts along the journey. Pamela was left alone with a young baby and Randolph's creditors. His letter to Pamela urging her to make good on her new gambling debt of $12,000 (equivalent to more than $190,000 in 2020) compelled her to work at the Ministry of Supply and sell her wedding gifts and a portion of her jewelry while keeping it private from her in-laws. She fell in love and began an affair with American envoy Averell Harriman, who was married and nearly 30 years older. In December 1945, she filed for divorce on the grounds that Churchill had abandoned her for three years. Later, after having converted to Catholicism, she received an annulment from the Catholic Church.

Pamela Harriman had several affairs with men of prominence and wealth in addition to two additional marriages. She became intimately involved with Averell Harriman, her third husband, and John Hay "Jock" Whitney as her marriage to Randolph Churchill began to fall apart as a child. Baron Elie de Rothschild and Prince Aly Khan, Alfonso de Portago, Gianni Agnelli, and Baron Elie de Rothschild were among her post-divorce relationships following her separation from Churchill.

Churchill became well-known for her attention to detail with men, according to American author Michael Gross. "She is the greatest courtesan of the century," William S. Paley, who was briefly a consort during WWII, said, referring to her compliment. "She was [...] referred to as having been 'a world expert on rich men's bedroom ceilings,'" Max Hastings said acerbically.

In 1948, she moved to Paris and began a five-year relationship with Gianni Agnelli, a well-known playboy and heir to the Fiat empire who was a year younger than she was. She characterized this period as the happiest time of her life. Anne-Marie d'Estainville, a young woman, was embraced by Pamela at a party in August 1952. Agnelli sustained a serious leg injury in a car accident later that night while bringing d'Estainville home. By Pamela's account, she helped him return to health when he was in the hospital and later decided against ending their relationship in Turin when he was convalescing.

Baron de Rothschild, who had been married, was her next significant friendship. During this clandestine and brief relationship, he supported her financially, and she was trained in art history and wine-making. She also had affairs with writer Maurice Druon and shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos during this period.

Leland Hayward, a Broadway actress who was then married to Slim Hawks, met her in 1959. He suggested to her, but after her marriage ultimatum to Rothschild was turned down, she accepted Hayward's invitation and moved to New York City. With the wedding taking place in Carson City, Nevada, on May 4, 1960, Hayward became the fifth Mrs. Hayward on the day Hayward's divorce was final. Hayward, especially the very popular The Sound of Music, provided a lavish and luxurious lifestyle for the majority of their lives in New York City and the Westchester County estate "Haywire." Haywire later became the subject of her stepdaughter Brooke Hayward's memoirs. Marin Hopper, her step granddaughter, was introduced by Brooke. Pamela Hayward survived with her husband until his death on March 18, 1971.

Pamela arranged to re-invent her acquaintance with her ex lover, Harriman, who was 79 years old and recently widowed, the day after Hayward's funeral. They were married on September 27, 1971. With this marriage, she shifted her social attention to Washington, D.C., where he owned a townhouse in Georgetown, where they entertained many famous people. Harriman, a railroad heir, was wealthy and had purchased an estate in Virginia as well as a private jet. Harriman's political career began with her involvement and connections in the Democratic Party. Her last marriage lasted until his death in 1986. She had a lot of court issues with Harriman's children in later years concerning the inheritance.

Pamela Harriman served on The Rockefeller University Council from 1977 to 1979, as well as on the Board of Trustees from 1979 to 1993. She served on the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary from 1986-1990, where she established The Pamela Harriman Professorship of Government and Public Policy and gave a scholarship to three students to spend each summer at the US Embassy to France.

Political life

Pamela Churchill Harriman joined the Democratic Party in 1971 and became involved with the party in the development of a fund-raising committee known as "Democrats for the 80s" later "Democrats for the 90s" and later "PamPAC." The Woman's National Democratic Club in 1980 named her "Woman of the Year" for the first time. In 1993, US President Bill Clinton appointed her Ambassador to France. When she was ambassador in Paris in 1995, the Dayton Accord was signed.

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