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Janet Lee Bouvier

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Janet Lee Auchincloss
Born Janet Norton Lee
December 3, 1907
New York City, U.S.
Died July 22, 1989 (aged 81)
Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
Burial place Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island
Other names Janet Bouvier, Janet Auchincloss, Janet Morris
Education Miss Spence's School
Alma mater Sweet Briar College
Barnard College
Occupation Socialite
Known for Mother of Jacqueline Kennedy
Spouses John Vernou Bouvier III
(m. 1928; div. 1940)
Hugh D. Auchincloss
(m. 1942; died 1976)
Bingham W. Morris
(m. 1979)
Children 4, including Jacqueline Kennedy, Lee Radziwill and Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd
Father James T. Lee

Janet Norton Bouvier Auchincloss (née Lee; December 3, 1907 – July 22, 1989)[1] was an American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill, and the mother-in-law of John F. Kennedy.

Early life and education

Janet Norton Lee was born on December 3, 1907, in Manhattan, New York City. She was the middle daughter of James T. Lee (1877–1968), a lawyer and real estate developer,[2][3] and Margaret A. Merritt (1880–1943). Although she made differing claims about her genealogy, including that she was “from the Maryland Lees,” both her parents were of Irish Catholic descent.[4][5] She had two sisters: Marion Merritt Lee (1904–1947), who married John J. Ryan Jr. and was subsequently the mother of Mary Cecil, wife of William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil,[6] and Margaret Winifred Lee (1910–1991), who married Franklin D'Olier, great-uncle of actor Christopher Reeve.

Janet graduated from Miss Spence's School and attended Sweet Briar and Barnard Colleges. She was a member of the Barnard College class of 1929 but records show that she did not graduate.[7] She was a three-time winner of the hunter championship at the National Horse Show.[8]

Career

Bouvier served as a board member of the Newport Historical Society and the Redwood Library. She was also the honorary director of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association in Stratford, Virginia.[8]

Personal life

Bouvier was married three times. In 1928,[6] she married John Vernou Bouvier III (1891–1957),[9] the son of Major John Vernou Bouvier Jr. (1866–1948), a successful attorney, and Maude Frances Sergeant (1870–1940).[10] He was also the brother of Edith Bouvier Beale (1895–1977), later known as the subject of the documentary film, Grey Gardens.[11] Together, they were the parents of two daughters:

Bouvier's womanizing and drinking led to a separation in 1936, a brief reconciliation for a few months in 1937, and then a divorce in 1940.[17]

In 1942, she married Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr., an attorney and Standard Oil heir; becoming his third wife.[18] Together, they had two children:

Hugh Auchincloss died in 1976. In 1979, she married for a third time,[23] to her childhood friend Bingham Willing "Booch" Morris (1906–1996).[24] Jacqueline served as her witness.[25] Morris, a widower, was a retired investment banker who lived in Southampton, New York,[23] a graduate of St. George's School and Harvard, where he was a member of the Iroquois and Hasty Pudding Clubs, and was the son of Violet Lee (née Willing) Morris and John Boucher Morris of Baltimore.[26] His late wife, Mary (née Rawlins) Morris,[6][27] had been a bridesmaid at Janet's first wedding.[28] Morris and Bouvier separated in 1981, but remained married until her death from complications arising from Alzheimer's disease in 1989.[29]

References

  1. Back to citation "Janet Morris, Mother of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies". Los Angeles Times. July 14, 1989. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  2. Back to citation Christopher Gray (March 12, 1995). "Streetscapes/Jacqueline Onassis's Grandfather; Quality Developer With a Legacy of Fine Buildings". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  3. Back to citation "740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building". Enotalone.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  4. Back to citation Goodwin, Hilda (April 15, 1961). "Caroline Kennedy Descendant Of Troy Family". The Troy Record. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  5. Back to citation "From Kilmurry village to The White House". The Clare Champion. August 1, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  6. Back to citation occurrence 6.0 Back to citation occurrence 6.1 Back to citation occurrence 6.2 "JANET N. LEE BRIDE OF J.V. BOUVIER 3D; 500 Guests at Ceremony in St. Philomena's Church, East Hampton, L.I." The New York Times. 8 July 1928. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. Back to citation Columbia university alumni register, 1754-1931. New York: Columbia University. 1932. p. 510. hdl:2027/uc1.b4525470.
  8. Back to citation occurrence 8.0 Back to citation occurrence 8.1 "Janet Lee Auchincloss Morris, 81". The New York Times. July 24, 1989. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  9. Back to citation "JOHN BOUVIER 3D, BROKER, 66, DIES; Retired Investment Adviser Was a Member of Stock Exchange for 34 Years". The New York Times. 4 August 1957. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  10. Back to citation Latham, Caroline; Sakol, Jeannie (1989). The Kennedy Encyclopedia: An A-to-Z Illustrated Guide To America's Royal family. NAL Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-453-00684-2.
  11. Back to citation Wolfgang Saxon (February 7, 1977). "Edith Bouvier Beale, Recluse, Dead at 81. Aunt of Mrs. Onassis Was Subject of the Documentary Movie 'Grey Gardens' in 1973". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  12. Back to citation "Notables Attend Senator's Wedding; SENATOR KENNEDY WEDS IN NEWPORT". The New York Times. 13 September 1953. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  13. Back to citation Times, Special To the New York (16 March 1975). "Aristotle Onassis Is Dead Of Pneumonia in France". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  14. Back to citation "Roman Catholics: The Law's Delay". Time. February 28, 1964. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
  15. Back to citation "For Princess Lee Radziwill, It's the End of a Marriage" People, July 29, 1974
  16. Back to citation "Lee Bouvier Radziwill Weds Herbert Ross, Film Director". The New York Times. September 24, 1988. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
  17. Back to citation Adler, Bill (2009). The Eloquent Jacqueline Onassis: A Portrait in Her Own Words. HarperCollins. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-061-87363-8.
  18. Back to citation "MRS. J. L. BOUVIER IS WED IN VIRGINIA; Becomes the Bride of Lieut. Hugh D. Auchincloss. U.S.N., at His Country Home". The New York Times. June 23, 1942. p. 24.
  19. Back to citation "Janet Rutherfurd Dies at 39; Half-Sister of Mrs. Onassis". The New York Times. 21 March 1985. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  20. Back to citation "Janet Jennings Auchincloss Betrothed; Half-Sister of Mrs. Kennedy Fiancee of Lewis Rutherfurd". The New York Times. 9 May 1966. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  21. Back to citation "Janet Jennings Auchincloss Wed to Lewis P. Rutherfurd; Half-Sister of Mrs. Kennedy Is Married at St. Mary's Church in Newport Reception at Family Estate to Held for 600". The New York Times. 31 July 1966. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  22. Back to citation "Jackie's Half-Sister Dies". The Vindicator. March 20, 1985. p. 50; "Jackie Kennedy's Half-brother James Auchincloss Jailed Again on Child Pornography Probation Violation". Chicagonow.com. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018; "J. Randy on Jamie Auchincloss – Jackie's half-brother!". Jrandytaraborrelli.com. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  23. Back to citation occurrence 23.0 Back to citation occurrence 23.1 "Notes on People". The New York Times. 21 August 1979. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  24. Back to citation Pottker, Jan (2013). Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. St. Martin's Press. p. 8. ISBN 9781466852303. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  25. Back to citation "Notes on People". The New York Times. 26 October 1979. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  26. Back to citation "Rawlins--Morris". The New York Times. May 26, 1934. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  27. Back to citation "MRS. C.E. Merrill is Bridge Hostess; Luncheon Event Given in Honor of Mrs. Edward Van Ingen at Southampton. Party for Bridal Couple Reception Held at the Meadow Club for Mary Rawlins and B.W. Morris". The New York Times. July 3, 1934. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  28. Back to citation Bradford, Sarah (2001). America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Penguin. p. 1977. ISBN 9781101564011. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  29. Back to citation "Janet Lee Auchincloss Morris, 81". The New York Times. July 24, 1989. Retrieved April 5, 2008; "Services Held for Onassis' Mother". Daily News. July 28, 1989. p. 2; Brooks, Patricia (2002). Where the Bodies Are: Final Visits to the Rich, Famous, and Interesting. Globe Pequot. pp. 26–27. ISBN 0-762-72337-8.

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