Arabella Churchill (charity founder)
Arabella Spencer-Churchill | |
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London, England | |
Died | 20 December 2007 Glastonbury, Somerset, England | (aged 58)
Known for | Charity founder, festival co-founder, fundraiser |
Parent(s) | Randolph Churchill June Osborne |
Relatives | Winston Churchill (grandfather) Clementine Churchill (grandmother) Winston Churchill (half-brother) |
Arabella Spencer-Churchill
In 1971, Churchill played a major role in the development of the Glastonbury Festival. In 1979, she set up the children's area of the festival and also the theatre area. Until her death, she ran the theatre and circus fields. Her duties in the 2007 festival involved the booking and management of some 1500 separate acts. She also founded and was the director of the Children's World charity.[2][1]
Life
Churchill was born in London to
She went to Fritham School for Girls, where she was Head Girl, and then
In March 1954, then four-year-old Churchill appeared on the cover of
In 1971 Churchill was invited to represent Britain at the Norfolk International Azalea Festival in
During the 1970s she embraced the alternative culture of the time, which included living for a time in a squat[8] but later worked and lived on a farm. She granted a rare interview to Rolling Stone magazine.[10] In 1979 Churchill and Kerr were again in charge of the festival, and from then on her administration continued alongside Eavis and Kerr, along with the founding and leading of the charity Children's World and work as a fundraiser.[1]
In 1972 she married Jim Barton, and in 1973 had a son, Nicholas Jake. In 1987 she met her second husband, a
She embraced Tibetan Buddhism through the teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.[5]
Death
On Thursday, 20 December 2007, Churchill died at St Edmund's Cottages, Bove Town,
Festival organiser Michael Eavis, paying tribute to Churchill after her death, said: "Her energy, vitality and great sense of morality and social responsibility have given her a place in our festival history second to none."[11]
In 2010, Eavis received a donation from
Notes
- ^ This British person has the barrelled surname Spencer-Churchill, but is known by the surname Churchill.
References
- ^ a b c d Bloodworth, Adam (26 June 2020). "Her finest hour: why Glastonbury festival owes so much to Churchill's granddaughter". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ Howard-Gordon, Frances (22 December 2007). "Arabella Churchill obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage 1999, p. 1869.
- ^ "Winston Churchill and family". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
- ^ a b Howard-Gordon, Frances (22 December 2007). "Arabella Churchill". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
- ^ "1954 LIFE Magazine Cover Art". 2Neat Magazines. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "youthquakers: January 1967 - UK Vogue". youthquakers. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Arabella Churchill". The Telegraph. London. 22 December 2007. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
- ^ "Arabella Churchill". The Times Online. London. 22 December 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
- ^ "Arabella Churchill". Phil Franks - Philm Freax Photography site. Retrieved 22 December 2007.
- ^ "Glastonbury Festival". Archived from the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
- ^ Owen, Julian (18 June 2010). "Heart of Glasto". Venue. 924: 14–15.