Her obituary in The Times says that "her contributions to Punch over the initials C.F.S. were for many years eagerly read".

A Miss M. Tournour wrote (in 1954):

"There (Soberton House, 1939) I learned the absolute Englishness of both her and her sister. C.F.S. could run her farm and had a deep love of both domestic and wild animals. Her drawing-room was converted into a factory for the making of sailors' collars; she accommodated for a time 30 men training for Radar; went out in the darkness of the Hampshire Downs to help the bombed; could sit at the piano and play and sing sailor songs; was a fund of diverse knowledge and in moments of relaxation did the Times and Torquemada crosswords. Then at night, after a long day's work, it was affecting to see her stand to attention while the National Anthem was played at 9 o'clock."