Edwina
Americannoun
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Paying tribute, former Tory MP Edwina Currie described Widdecombe as a "brilliant" and "articulate" woman.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Over the years they said they had served everyone from singer Tom Jones to politician Edwina Hart but many of the guests made a lasting impression.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
GK Barry and Coles joined the likes of Star Trek's George Takei and Eastenders' Joe Swash, plus X Factor star Jake Quickenden and former politician Edwina Currie, in the show's unlikely duo category.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2024
In the summer of 1949, sixteen-year-old Edwina Johnson and her brother Marshall, one year younger, had come down from New Jersey to visit relatives in Montgomery.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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