词条 | Helen Beresford, Baroness Decies |
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| name = Helen Vivien Beresford, Baroness Decies | image = Lord & Lady Decies.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Helen Vivien Gould | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|5|2}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|1931|2|3|1893|5|2}} | death_place = London | death_cause = Heart attack | resting_place = | spouse = {{marriage|John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies |February 7, 1911|1931|reason=her death}} | children = | parents = George Jay Gould I Edith Kingdon | relatives = Jay Gould (grandfather) Kingdon Gould I (brother) Jay Gould II (brother) Gloria Gould (sister) }}Helen Vivien Beresford, Baroness Decies, formerly Helen Vivien Gould (May 2, 1893 – February 3, 1931) was a socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the two Jay Gould descendants to marry into European aristocracy.[1] Early lifeGould was born on May 2, 1893 in the United States. She was the fourth of seven children born to George Jay Gould I (1864–1923), a railroad executive; and Edith Kingdon (1864–1921), an actress.[2] Among her siblings were Kingdon Gould I, Jay Gould II, and Gloria Gould.[3] Her paternal grandparents were Jay Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator known as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, and Helen Day (née Miller) Gould.[2] Personal lifeOn February 7, 1911, Helen married John Graham Hope de la Poer Horsley Beresford (1866–1944), the 5th Baron Decies.[1] John was the son of William Robert John Beresford, 3rd Baron Decies and Catherine Anne Dent.[2] Together they had the following children:
She died in February 1931 of jaundice and a heart attack in London.[3][4] After her death Lord Decies married Elizabeth Wharton Drexel, the daughter of Joseph William Drexel, on May 25, 1936. He died on 31 January 1944 at age 77.[5][6] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Mr. and Mrs. G.J. Gould May Formally Announce Daughter's Engagement on Jan. 19. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFD91330E233A25756C1A9649D946196D6CF |quote=The engagement of the season, one interesting abroad as well as in New York, Is that of Miss Vivien Gould, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould, and Lord Decies. While the engagement has not as yet been formally announced by the Gould family, Lord Decies, on the eve of his sailing for England, has admitted to his friends that it is true. |work=New York Times |date=December 15, 1910 |accessdate=2009-02-02 }} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Montgomery|first1=Maureen E.|title='Gilded Prostitution': Status, Money and Transatlantic Marriages, 1870-1914|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136214950|page=339|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT_Uc9UWlpMC&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339|accessdate=21 November 2017|language=en}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lady Decies Dies at 38 in London. Former Helen Vivien Gould Was Principal in Brilliant International Wedding of 1911. Was Noted As Hostess. Her Entertaining Was a Feature of British Capital. Husband Is Distinguished Irish Peer. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/02/03/archives/lady-decies-dies-at-38-in-london-former-helen-vivien-gould-was.html |quote=Lady Decies, the former Helen Vivien Gould, daughter of the late George Jay Gould of New York, died in London this morning. She had been critically ill here for several days. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 3, 1931|accessdate=2007-11-26 }} 4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741088-2,00.html |quote=Lady Helen Vivien Decies, 39, daughter and heiress of the late George Jay Gould, wife of John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, Boer War veteran; of jaundice and heart attack; in London. |work=Time magazine |date=February 16, 1931 |accessdate=2009-02-04 }} 5. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lord Decies dies in England at 77. Soldier, Sportsman, Friend of Taxpayer. Married Gould Heiress Here in 1911. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/02/02/archives/lord-decies-dies-in-england-at-77-soldier-sportsman-friend-of.html |quote=Married Gould Heiress Here in 1911. |publisher=New York Times |date=February 2, 1944 |accessdate=2007-07-21 }} 6. ^1 {{cite book|last1=MacColl|first1=Gail|last2=Wallace|first2=Carol McD|title=To Marry an English Lord: Tales of Wealth and Marriage, Sex and Snobbery|date=2012|publisher=Workman Publishing|isbn=9780761171980|page=334|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rr7MRSed7h8C&pg=PA334|accessdate=21 November 2017|language=en}} External links
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