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Victoria Schofield

Rosemary Victoria Schofield (born 15 September 1950)[1] is a British author, biographer, and historian.[2] Her most recent books are a memoir of her thirty year friendship with Benazir Bhutto,[3][4] a two volume history of the Black Watch[5][6] and a biography of Sir John Wheeler-Bennett.[7] She also wrote the first full-length biography of Field Marshal Archibald Wavell[8][9] and edited a memoir of his life and naval career by her late father Vice Admiral Brian Schofield.[10] She regularly contributes to British national and specialist media.[11]

Life and career

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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1950,[1] one of the daughters of Vice-Admiral Brian Betham Schofield and his third wife Grace Mildred Seale,[12] Schofield was educated at the Royal Naval School for Girls, and at Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) of Oxford University, from which she holds a degree in Modern History. At LMH she was a close friend of Benazir Bhutto, whom she succeeded as President of the Oxford Union Society in the Trinity term of 1977.[13][14] She was the Alistair Horne visiting fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, in 2004-2005.[15]

In 1982, Schofield married Stephen Willis,[12] and she has three adult children.[14]

Published works

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  • Bhutto: Trial and Execution. London: Cassell, 1979. ISBN 9780304305391.
  • The United Nations: People, Politics, and Power. Hove: Wayland, 1979. ISBN 9780853406563.
  • Every Rock, Every Hill: The Plain Tale of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan. London: Pimlico, 1984, 1987. ISBN 978-0712616256.
  • Kashmir in the Crossfire. London, Tauris, 1996. ISBN 9781860640360.
  • (ed.) Old Roads, New Highways: Fifty Years of Pakistan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 9780195778458.
  • The House That Fell Down: A Diary of a Domestic Disaster. London: John Murray, 2001. ISBN 9780719563294.
  • Wavell: Soldier and Statesman. London: John Murray, 2006. ISBN 9780719563201.
  • Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia / At the Crossroads of Conflict. London: Tauris Parke, 2003, 2010. ISBN 9781417556922.
  • Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan, and the Unending War. London: Tauris, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2021. ISBN 9780755607181.
  • Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780300179019.
  • The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899. London: Quercus, 2012. ISBN 9781849165501.
  • The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line, 1899-2006. London: Head of Zeus, 2017. ISBN 9781784979973.
  • With The Royal Navy in War and Peace: O'er the Dark Blue Sea (Editor). Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2018. ISBN 9781526736475
  • The Fragrance of Tears: My Friendship with Benazir Bhutto. London: Apollo, 2020. ISBN 9781789544459.
  • The Rescue Ships and the Convoys, Saving Lives during the Second World War. (Editor & Author) Yorkshire: Pen & Sword, 2024, ISBN 1036102661

References

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  1. 1 2 “Rosemary Victoria Schofield” in England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790–1976, accessed 24 June 2026
  2. ↑ "Victoria Schofield | The Round Table". The Round Table. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Wilkinson, Isambard. "The ruthless politics of Pakistan — and the curse of being a Bhutto". Spectator online. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Schofield, Victoria. "'From Oxford pals to political prisoner – my 30-year friendship with Benazir Bhutto'". Telegraph online. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Victoria Schofield's The Black Watch launches in London". Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Linklater, Andro. "The Courage of Countless Generations"[permanent dead link]. The Spectator, 2 June 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  7. ↑ Simms, Brendan. "The Man Who Knew Everyone". Wall Street Journal, 4 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Wavell: Soldier and Statesman". The English Historical Review (2006) CXXI(494): 1563-1564. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Ziegler, Philip. "A Talent for Losing"[permanent dead link]. The Spectator, 8 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Review: With The Royal Navy in War and Peace - O'er The Dark Blue Sea". Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Selected Articles and Features. Official website. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 Burkes Peerage, volume 3 (2003), page 3556
  13. ↑ Christopher Hibbert, ed. "Presidents of the Union since 1900", The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (Macmillan, 1988), pp. 527–532
  14. 1 2 Personal information. Official website. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  15. ↑ The Alistair Horne Fellowship (with list of past Fellows). St Antony's College, Oxford. Retrieved 10 November 2012. Archived 24 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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