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Elizabeth Nel


Born
in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, The United Kingdom
June 14, 1917

Died
October 30, 2007

Genre
Biography


Elizabeth Nel (née Layton) was a personal secretary to Winston Churchill from 1941-45. She was the last surviving personal secretary to have worked for Churchill during World War II. A new edition of her book, Winston Churchill By His Personal Secretary Elizabeth Nel, was completed shortly before her death in 2007, at the age of 90.

In recent years, she was invited back to London on several occasions, including in 1990 for the 50th anniversary of Churchill becoming prime minister. She also came back in 2005 to join the Queen for the opening of the Churchill museum in the underground war rooms, beneath what is now the Treasury on Horse Guards Road.

Her memoir was originally known as Mr Churchill's Secretary (written in 1958). [https://en.wikip ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 158 ratings · 23 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors
Winston Churchill by his Pe...
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