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She was the youngest of Churchill's five children.
She married the Conservative politician Baron Christopher Soames, and they had three sons and two daughters.
Her late husband served as Britain's war secretary and ambassador to France, was a European commissioner and the last British governor of Southern Rhodesia before its transition to Zimbabwe.
Lawmaker Nicholas Soames, one of their sons, paid tribute to his mother.
"She was a truly remarkable and extraordinary woman, who led a very distinguished life," the Conservative MP said.
"She was not just a wonderful mother to whom we were all devoted, but the head and heart of our family after our father died, and will be greatly missed.
"She was a distinguished writer and led a distinguished life, with her service in the war, and is part of that generation which is passing.
"This is extraordinary timing -- just before the anniversary of the Normandy landings, Churchill's last surviving child dies. It is the great swing of history."
Churchill died aged 90 in 1965. He was Britain's prime minister through the war years of 1940 to 1945, and again in peacetime from 1951 to 1955.
Mary Churchill worked for the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service with whom she served in London, Belgium and Germany in mixed anti-aircraft batteries.
She also accompanied her father as aide-de-camp on several of his journeys abroad.
They included the 1945 Potsdam Conference, following the allied victory in Europe, where Churchill, US president Harry S. Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin carved up the future of post-war Germany and Poland.
She was knighted for her public service, having worked in several organisations including chairing the Royal National Theatre.
She wrote an acclaimed biography of her mother, Clementine Churchill, in 1979, which won a Wolfson Prize, and her own memoirs.
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She married the Conservative politician Baron Christopher Soames, and they had three sons and two daughters.
Her late husband served as Britain's war secretary and ambassador to France, was a European commissioner and the last British governor of Southern Rhodesia before its transition to Zimbabwe.
Lawmaker Nicholas Soames, one of their sons, paid tribute to his mother.
"She was a truly remarkable and extraordinary woman, who led a very distinguished life," the Conservative MP said.
"She was not just a wonderful mother to whom we were all devoted, but the head and heart of our family after our father died, and will be greatly missed.
"She was a distinguished writer and led a distinguished life, with her service in the war, and is part of that generation which is passing.
"This is extraordinary timing -- just before the anniversary of the Normandy landings, Churchill's last surviving child dies. It is the great swing of history."
Churchill died aged 90 in 1965. He was Britain's prime minister through the war years of 1940 to 1945, and again in peacetime from 1951 to 1955.
Mary Churchill worked for the Red Cross and the Women's Voluntary Service from 1939 to 1941. She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service with whom she served in London, Belgium and Germany in mixed anti-aircraft batteries.
She also accompanied her father as aide-de-camp on several of his journeys abroad.
They included the 1945 Potsdam Conference, following the allied victory in Europe, where Churchill, US president Harry S. Truman and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin carved up the future of post-war Germany and Poland.
She was knighted for her public service, having worked in several organisations including chairing the Royal National Theatre.
She wrote an acclaimed biography of her mother, Clementine Churchill, in 1979, which won a Wolfson Prize, and her own memoirs.
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