![]() ![]() She was accepted at Oxford, but her father would only pay for her studying there if she studied medicine. Her mother, a Catholic, was Molly Bath, an Australian heiress.Ĭlarissa was educated at Sacred Heart Convent in Hove. FRCSI DTM&H) who practised at the Royal Free Hospital on Pond Street in London. Her father, a Protestant, was Arthur Dickson-Wright (1897 – 1976.) He was a surgeon (MS FRCS Hon. She did not get repeat fees from BBC on rebroadcasts of Two Fat Ladies because, though it was shown on BBC, it was actually made by an independent company. ![]() The “Two Fat Ladies” series did not make her wealthy. She was also been a regular on Curious Cooks for BBC Radio 4, a contributor to British House & Garden, and a weekly columnist for Scotland on Sunday. She was a guild butcher (only one of two women in England: the other one was the Queen Mum, whose position passed in 2003 to Princess Anne.) She was a devoted Roman Catholic, and a forceful speaker, owing to her training as a lawyer. ![]() Besides being a TV personality, Dickson Wright was also a food historian, a scholar and an archivist. ![]()
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