Clare Sheridan

Clare Consuelo Sheridan née Frewen
Born	9 September 1885 London, England
Died	31 May 1970 (aged 84)
Occupation	Sculptor and writer
Spouse(s)	William Frederick Sheridan (1879–1915) (m. 1910)
Children	Margaret Sheridan alias Mary Motley (1912–1980) Elizabeth Sheridan (1913–1914) Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1915–1937)
Parent(s)	Moreton Frewen (1853–1924) Clarita Jerome (1851–1935)

Clare Consuelo Sheridan (née Frewen), (9 September 1885 – 31 May 1970), was an English sculptor, journalist and writer known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters, and writing diaries recounting her worldly travels. She was a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, with whom she had enjoyed an amicable relationship, though her support for the October Revolution caused them to break ranks politically in 1917. She enjoyed travelling around the world, and among her circle of friends were Princess Margaret of Sweden, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Lady Diana Cooper, Vita Sackville-West and Vivien Leigh.

Clare Consuelo Frewen was born in London, the daughter of Moreton Frewen, the Irish owner of Brede Place in East Sussex, and his American wife, the former Clarita "Clara" Jerome. Jerome's mother was the elder sister of Lady Randolph Churchill which made Clare Sheridan a cousin to Winston Churchill. Her godmother and namesake was Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. Sheridan was educated by governesses at home in Sussex and at a family property in Inishannon, County Cork, before briefly attending a Paris convent school and a German finishing school. She was a debutante at the age of seventeen but turned away from that social scene to attempt to write novels. She was encouraged in this by family friends who included both Henry James and Rudyard Kipling.

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