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词条 James Paul Donahue Jr.
释义

  1. Background and family

  2. Education

  3. Biography

  4. Claimed affair with Wallis, Duchess of Windsor

  5. References

  6. Further reading

{{More citations needed|date=February 2011}}{{Infobox person
| name = James Paul Donahue Jr.
| birth_place =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|06|11}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|12|6|1915|06|11}}
| death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S.
| education = High school dropout
| occupation = Heir
socialite
| relatives = F.W. Woolworth
}}

James Paul "Jimmy" Donahue Jr. (June 11, 1915[1] – December 6, 1966)[2][3] was an heir to the Woolworth estate and a noted New York City socialite.

Background and family

Jimmy Donahue was the second son of James Paul Donahue (1887-1931), the scion of an Irish American family which had made a fortune in the fat rendering business (Retail Butchers’ Fat Rendering Company), by his wife Jessie Woolworth Donahue (1886-1971), one of the three daughters of Frank Winfield Woolworth, founder of the Woolworth retail chain.[4] His older brother was Woolworth Donahue (1913-1972).

Donahue was a nephew of Edna Woolworth (1883–1917), a wealthy socialite[5] and a nephew by marriage of Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877–1940), a co-founder of the brokerage firm E. F. Hutton & Co.. He was also the first cousin and confidante of the American socialite Barbara Hutton (1912 – 1979),

Education

Donahue was a high school dropout. He initially attended the Hun School at Princeton, NJ, and after his parents were advised to remove him from there, he was shifted to Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut. However, he was expelled from that school at age 17. Following his expulsion from Choate he took tap dance lessons with the tap dance master Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.[6]

Biography

Having been born into a wealthy family, Donahue never felt the need to earn a living, and indeed he lived lavishly, travelling the world with a valet in tow and staying at the most expensive hotels.[7] He was known within his circle by the nickname "Jeem".[8] He is buried in the Woolworth Family Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.[1]

Claimed affair with Wallis, Duchess of Windsor

Donahue claimed he had had a four-year affair with Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, the wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII. This claim is endorsed by Lady Pamela Hicks, daughter of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and a cousin of the Duke of Windsor.[9]

References

1. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49092618 Find-a-grave]
2. ^http://www.paulbowles.org/photosjanebowles.html
3. ^{{citation|last=Wilson|first=Christopher|title=Dancing with the Devil: The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue|year=2001|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=London|isbn=0-312-27204-9|pages=22–45}}
4. ^{{harvnb|Wilson|2001|p=16}}
5. ^New York Times, May 3, 1917
6. ^{{harvnb|Wilson|2001|pp=16, 39–51}}
7. ^ 
8. ^{{harvnb|Wilson|2001}}
9. ^Interview with Pamela Hicks

Further reading

  • Charles Higham. The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 482 pp 1988: 370-2, 394-5.
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