Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgwood OM DBE (July 20 1910–9 March 1997), known as Dame Veronica Wedgwood, was a English historian. Born in Northumberland, she was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and became a specialist in the English Civil War and early 17th century history. Well regarded in academic circles, her books are well-read, and she was also successful as a lecturer and broadcaster,

She was the only daughter of Sir Ralph Wedgwood and his wife Iris Veronica Pawson. She was a great-great-great-granddaughter of the potter Josiah Wedgwood.

Her biography of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford was published in 1935, and she followed it up with Oliver Cromwell (1939) and William the Silent (1944). Other notable works include The Thirty Year's War (1938), The King's Peace (1955) and The King's War (1958).

She was created a DBE in 1968, and in 1969 became only the third woman to be appointed a member of the British Order of Merit.

External links

• Daily Telegraph obituary

English historians | Former students of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | Members of the Order of Merit | Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Natives of Northumberland | 1910 births | 1997 deaths