Frances Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough was a British noblewoman and socialite.
Background
She was the sister of novelist Hugo Charteris and Ann Charteris who married Ian Fleming, as well as the granddaughter of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss). Frances Laura Charteris was born on 10 August 1915 at London, England to Guy Lawrence Charteris and Frances Lucy Tennant, daughter of a Scottish chemical merchant.
Career
Her third husband, Michael Temple Canfield, was the former husband of Lee Radziwill, sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. During World World War II, she served as an auxiliary nurse Laura, as she was called, had 3 siblings, Ann, Mary Rose and Hugo.
During World World War II, she served as an auxiliary nurse for the Royal Navy.
In 1980, she published her autobiography, Laughter from a Cloud. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980 ().