| 词条 | Ethel Beatty |
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Ethel Beatty, Countess Beatty (née Field) (1873 - July 17, 1932) was a socialite and a member of the aristocracy. The daughter of American millionaire Marshall Field, she enjoyed a lavish lifestyle. Family and early lifeMarshall Field, the founder of the American firm Marshall Field's and his first wife, Nannie Douglas Scott, were Beatty's parents. She had one full brother, Marshall Field junior.{{r|Enquirer}} MarriagesBeatty married Arthur Tree, son of Lambert Tree, in an opulent ceremony held at the home of her parents, 1905 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, on 1 January 1891.{{r|Tribune}} They had one child, Ronald born on 26 September 1897. She had a secret affair with David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty and married him on 22 May 1901 ten days after her divorce from Tree was made public.{{r|ODNB Admiral}} The couple had two children: David, born in Malta on 22 February 1905; and Peter, born on 2 April 1910.{{r|ODNB Admiral}} According to Robert K. Massie, Beatty was a poor mother, abandoning her son Ronald from her first marriage; she also left the children of her second marriage with her husband while she went on a gambling trip to Monte Carlo in 1912.{{sfnp|Massie|2003|loc=Ch. 5 "Beatty" |ps=}} Peter had birth complications that affected his eyesight and muscle control for the rest of his life, thought to originate from a venereal disease carried by Ethel{{sfnp|Massie|2003|loc=Ch. 5 "Beatty" |ps=}} It was "generally accepted" in later years that Peter was illegitimate, the father being a "well-known member of the British aristocracy", according a Beatty family member.{{sfnp|Massie|2003|loc=Ch. 5 "Beatty" |ps=}} While David benefited by Ethel's wealth, it was not a happy marriage, "I am the most unhappy man in the world", David once said, "I have paid terribly for my millions".{{sfnp|Massie|2003|loc=Ch. 5 "Beatty" |ps=}} Death and legacyBeatty died in her sleep on 17 July 1932.{{r|Gloucester}} ReferencesCitations1. ^{{citation |newspaper=Gloucester Citizen |date=18 July 1932 |title=Countess Beatty Dead |page=11 |volume=57 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000325/19320718/096/0011 |subscription=yes |via=British Newspaper Archive}} [1][2][3]2. ^{{cite web |last=Ranft |first=Bryan |title=Beatty, David, first Earl Beatty (1871–1936) |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |edition=online |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30661 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30661 |accessdate=19 March 2015}} {{ODNBsub}} 3. ^{{citation |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=2 January 1891 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2033199/chicago_daily_tribune/ |title=Marriage of Miss Field |via=Newspapers.com}} }}Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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