About Lucile Sayers
Lived 1887 – 1959 (aged 72). Lucile Sayers was a British diplomat.
Dame Lucile Newell Sayers (née Schiff; 27 February 1887 – 4 November 1959) was an American-British political activist.
Sayers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Charles Schiff, a banker from Trieste, Austria, and Mary Ballard Burch of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1910, she married Maj. Lorne Sayers. and advanced to Dame Commander of the Order (DBE) in the 1956 New Year Honours for political and public services.
She collapsed and died in London on 4 November 1959, aged 73, from undisclosed causes.
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Who was Lucile Sayers?
British activist and diplomat
When was Lucile Sayers born?
Lucile Sayers was born on 27 February 1887.
When did Lucile Sayers die?
Lucile Sayers died on 4 November 1959.
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Lucile Sayers was a diplomat.
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Lucile Sayers was British.
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