Sandra Howard: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 07:14, 31 January 2023

Sandra Howard, Lady Howard of Lympne (born August 1940) is an English novelist, former model and the wife of Michael Howard, a former leader of the Conservative Party.

Life

She was trained at the Lucy Clayton Modelling Agency and as Sandra Paul, she was a well-known model in the 1960s^[1] and was featured on the cover of American Vogue for two months in a row, was photographed by David Bailey and Norman Parkinson and was acquainted with John F Kennedy, Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan.

She has been married four times, the first of which was when she was 18 to jazz pianist Robin Douglas-Home, the nephew of the former Prime Minister, Alec Douglas-Home. She has a son, Sholto, from this marriage. She was later married to David Wynne-Morgan, a publicist, whom she also divorced. She then married advertising executive Nigel Grandfield.

It was while married to Grandfield that she met Michael Howard at a Red Cross Ball. She and Howard subsequently married in 1975. They have a son and a daughter.

She has written five novels, the most recent, Tell the Girl, was published on 3 July 2014.^[2] She made a brief foray back to her modelling career in the 1990s by posing for Marks & Spencer catalogues.

Publications

Glass houses, Simon & Schuster, 2006. ISBN 9781416521983
Ursula's Story, Simon & Schuster, 2008. ISBN 9781416521990
Ex-wives, Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN 9781847392619
A Matter of Loyalty, Simon & Schuster, 2012. ISBN 9781847392602
Tell the Girl, Simon & Schuster, 2014. ISBN 9781471111358

References

^ "Kark [née Gordine], Evelyn Florence [known as Lucie Clayton] (1928–1997), college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65698. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Tell the Girl: Amazon.co.uk: Sandra Howard: 9781471111358: Books. ASIN 1471111350.

External links

[1] "Kark [née Gordine], Evelyn Florence [known as Lucie Clayton] (1928–1997), college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65698. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 7 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[2] Tell the Girl: Amazon.co.uk: Sandra Howard: 9781471111358: Books. ASIN 1471111350.

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
-'''Sandra Howard, Baroness Howard of Lympne''' (b. 1940) is an [[England|English]] [[novelist]], former [[model (person)|model]] and the wife of [[Michael Howard]], a former leader of the [[Conservative party (UK)|Conservative party]].
+{{BLP sources|date=February 2016}}
+'''Sandra Howard, Lady Howard of Lympne''' (born August 1940) is an [[England|English]] [[novelist]], former [[model (person)|model]] and the wife of [[Michael Howard]], a former leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
+==Life==
-As '''Sandra Paul''', she was a well-known model in the 1960s and was featured on the cover of American [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] for two months in a row, was photographed by [[David Bailey (photographer)|David Bailey]] and [[Norman Parkinson]] and was acquainted with [[John F Kennedy]] and [[Frank Sinatra]].
+She was trained at the [[Lucie Clayton Charm Academy|Lucy Clayton Modelling Agency]] and as '''Sandra Paul''', she was a well-known model in the 1960s<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Kark [née Gordine], Evelyn Florence [known as Lucie Clayton] (1928–1997), college head|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-65698|access-date=2020-10-07|year = 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/65698|isbn = 978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref> and was featured on the cover of American [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] for two months in a row, was photographed by [[David Bailey (photographer)|David Bailey]] and [[Norman Parkinson]] and was acquainted with [[John F Kennedy]], [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Bob Dylan]].
-She has been married four times, the first of which was when she was 18 to jazz pianist [[Robin Douglas-Home]], the nephew of the former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Alec Douglas-Home]]. She has a son, Sholto, from this marriage. She was later married to [[David Wynne-Morgan]], a publicist, whom she also divorced. She then married advertising executive [[Nigel Grandfield]].
+She has been married four times, the first of which was when she was 18 to jazz pianist [[Robin Douglas-Home]], the nephew of the former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Alec Douglas-Home]]. She has a son, Sholto, from this marriage. She was later married to David Wynne-Morgan, a publicist, whom she also divorced. She then married advertising executive Nigel Grandfield.
-It was while married to Grandfield that she met Michael Howard at a Red Cross Ball. He was later named as co-respondent in what became a high-profile [[divorce]] case. She and Howard subsequently married in 1975. They have one son, Nicholas, who  was born in 1976 and a daughter, Larissa, who was born in 1977.
+It was while married to Grandfield that she met [[Michael Howard]] at a Red Cross Ball. She and Howard subsequently married in 1975. They have a son and a daughter.
-She has written five novels, the most recent, "Tell the Girl", is due to be published on July 3rd 2014.<ref>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tell-Girl-Sandra-Howard/dp/1471111350</ref> She made a brief foray back to her modelling career in the 1990s by posing for [[Marks & Spencer]] catalogues.
+She has written five novels, the most recent, ''Tell the Girl'', was published on 3 July 2014.<ref>{{cite book| title = Tell the Girl: Amazon.co.uk: Sandra Howard: 9781471111358: Books| id = {{ASIN|1471111350|country=uk}}}}</ref> She made a brief foray back to her modelling career in the 1990s by posing for [[Marks & Spencer]] catalogues.
+==Publications==
+* ''Glass houses'', Simon & Schuster, 2006. {{ISBN|9781416521983}}
+* ''Ursula's Story'', Simon & Schuster, 2008. {{ISBN|9781416521990}}
+* ''Ex-wives'', Simon & Schuster, 2010. {{ISBN|9781847392619}}
+* ''A Matter of Loyalty'', Simon & Schuster, 2012. {{ISBN|9781847392602}}
+* ''Tell the Girl'', Simon & Schuster, 2014. {{ISBN|9781471111358}}
 ==References==
@@ Line 13: / Line 23: @@
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.sandrahoward.co.uk/ Official Site]
+* {{Official website|http://www.sandrahoward.co.uk/}}
-* [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/howards/b-aut.html CV]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008152412/http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/howards/b-aut.html CV]
 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3226769.stm BBC biography]
-{{Authority control|VIAF=48756534}}
+{{Authority control}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              = Howard, Sandra
-| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British model
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = 1940
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    =
-| DATE OF DEATH     =
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Sandra}}
 [[Category:1940 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:English female models]]
-[[Category:Spouses of British politicians]]
+[[Category:British baronesses|Howard of Lympne]]
+[[Category:Spouses of life peers]]
 [[Category:People educated at Croydon High School]]
+[[Category:English women novelists]]
+[[Category:20th-century English novelists]]
+[[Category:21st-century English novelists]]
+[[Category:20th-century English women writers]]
+[[Category:21st-century English women writers]]

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	Spain United States Netherlands