Hamblin was born in Kent in 1908, the daughter of the head gardener at an estate adjacent to Chartwell.
In 1965, she was one of the very few non-family members invited to attend Churchill's interment at St Martin's Church, Bladon.
[4] Robin Fedden, Deputy Director-General of the Trust and author of the first guidebook to Chartwell, recorded her 33 years service to the Churchill family and to the house.
[5] Famously discreet throughout her life,[6] Hamblin achieved some notoriety in 2015 when her leading role in the destruction of Graham Sutherland's portrait of Churchill was revealed.
[6] Hamblin died in 2002 at her home at Westerham, Kent, which she had bought with funds from the sale of one of Churchill's own paintings.