Jane Gillian Portal

Jane Gillian Williams, Baroness Williams of Elvel, formerly Jane Welby, was a British government worker. She served as a personal secretary to Sir Winston Churchill from 1949 to 1955. While working as Churchill's secretary, she accompanied him to the airport in 1952 to greet a young Elizabeth II upon her return to the United Kingdom from the Kenya Colony following the death of George VI. Lady Williams wrote down the speech dictated by Churchill for his later address to the nation concerning the death of the king.