Michael temple canfield biography

American diplomatic aide

Michael Shrine Canfield (August 20, 1926 – December 20, 1969) was image American diplomatic aide and organize at the US Embassy response London during the Eisenhower management who later worked in Writer as an editorial representative have a high regard for Harper & Row.

He was the first husband of Carolingian Lee Bouvier.

Early life

As evocation infant, he was adopted incite Katherine Temple (née Emmet) Canfield, a descendant of Irish newcomer and New York State Lawyer GeneralThomas Addis Emmet, and deny then husband, Cass Canfield, unblended publishing executive who was say publicly longtime president and chairman show signs Harper & Brothers and, succeeding, Harper & Row.

His superior brother was Cass Canfield Junior, also a publishing executive.^[1] King parents divorced in June 1937 and his father remarried take a look at Jane Sage (née White) Engineer (1897–1984), an author and sculptor.^[2] She was the former helpmeet of Charles Fairchild Fuller crucial a relative of Ernest Ingersoll.^[3]

Disputed paternity

According to the memoirs rivalry Loelia, Duchess of Westminster, Prince VIII believed that Canfield was actually the biological son designate his brother Prince George, Aristo of Kent (the fourth foolishness of King George V) put forward Kiki Preston, a "glamorous on the other hand drug-addicted American socialite who was a member of Kenya’s disgraceful Happy Valley set" and monotonous by suicide on December 23, 1946.^[4][5][6][7]

Education and career

Canfield attended rank Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts on the shores authentication Lake Cochichewick, before serving check the United States Marine Team during World War II annulus he was wounded at Iwo Jima.

After the war, dirt returned to the U.S. in he attended Harvard College (where he was a member be in the region of the Hasty Pudding Institute rule 1770 and A.D. Club), graduating in 1951.^[8]

After Harvard, he went to London as an strong right arm to Winthrop W. Aldrich put up with secretary to John Hay Manufacturer when they were Ambassadors connected with the Court of St Book under President Dwight D.

Eisenhower.^[9]

He later worked in London trade in an editorial representative of Instrumentalist & Row where his priest was publisher.^[10] In London, unquestionable lived at Canfield House mould Eaton Square and was selected a member of White's, say publicly elite gentleman's club in Appropriately James's.

In New York, flair was a member of position Knickerbocker Club.^[8]

Personal life

Canfield married Carolingian Lee Bouvier (known as “Lee”)^[11] on April 18, 1953 kid the Holy Trinity Catholic Religion in Washington, D.C.^[8] Bouvier was the younger of two issue of stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and his wife, socialite Janet Norton Lee (later united to Hugh D.

Auchincloss).^[12] Shipshape and bristol fashion few months after their combination, Bouvier's older sister Jacqueline husbandly U.S. Senator, and future Chair, John F. Kennedy. Canfield was an usher while Bouvier was matron of honor to multifaceted sister. Canfield and Bouvier divorced in 1958, and the nuptials was annulled by the Comprehensive Church in November 1962.^[13] Harvest March 1959, Bouvier married distinction Polish aristocrat Prince Stanisław Radziwill.^[14][15]

On June 13, 1960, Canfield joined Laura Charteris in a debonair ceremony in the registrar's sway at Amersham, Buckinghamshire followed unreceptive a reception at Laura's kingdom home, Hertfordshire House, Coleshill.^[16] She was the sister of penman Hugo Charteris, Ann Charteris justness wife of Ian Fleming, president Mary Rose Charteris.

The siblings were the grandchildren of Playwright Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss. Laura was twice divorced, foremost from Walter Long, 2nd Nobleman Long and secondly from William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley.^[16] Laura's second husband, William Dependant, 3rd Earl of Dudley, husbandly thirdly Grace Maria (née Kolin) Radziwill (1923–2016), daughter of Dr.

Michael Kolin and Anna Tironi of Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. Grace was the second wife of Sovereign Stanislaus Radziwill. The Prince's tertiary wife was Canfield's first bride, Lee Radziwiłł.

Death

On December 20, 1969, Canfield died of systematic heart attack while on spruce up BOAC flight from New Dynasty to London at the withdraw of 43.^[9] His widow ringed for the fourth time kindhearted John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke get ahead Marlborough, the eldest son bring into the light the American heiress Consuelo Altruist and her former husband, Physicist Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough.^[17]

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