Gloria Gould (1906 – August 16, 1943) was an American socialite who was the daughter of industrialist heir
George Jay Gould I
George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhatta ...
.
Early life
She was born on March 3, 1906, the youngest daughter of
George Jay Gould I
George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhatta ...
. She was one of seven children born to millionaire
George Jay Gould I
George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhatta ...
(1864–1923) and actress
Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921).
Among her siblings were
Kingdon Gould Sr.,
Jay Gould II
Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (London, 1908, then under ...
,
Marjorie Gwynne Gould (wife of
Anthony Joseph Drexel III
Anthony Joseph Drexel III (October 19, 1887 – February 23, 1946) was an American banker and aviator.
Early life
He was the eldest son of Margarita "Rita" Armstrong (1867–1948), Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. Among his siblings were Margaretta ...
),
Helen Vivien Gould
Helen Vivien Beresford, Baroness Decies, formerly Helen Vivien Gould (May 2, 1893 – February 3, 1931) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the two Jay Gould descendants to marry into European aristocracy.
Early l ...
(wife of
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC (5 December 1866 – 31 January 1944), styled The Honourable John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in the 1900 Summ ...
),
Edith Catherine Gould
Edith Catherine MacNeal ( Gould, formerly Wainwright) (August 3, 1901 – September 10, 1937) was an American heiress and writer.
Early life
Edith was born aboard her father's yacht, ''Sybarite'', on August 3, 1901, while it was anchored off Co ...
, and
George Jay Gould II.
Her father was the eldest son of the former
Helen Day Miller
Helen Day Miller (September 20, 1838 - January 13, 1889) was the wife of the financier Jay Gould.
Biography
Early life
Helen Day Miller was born on September 20, 1838, in Manhattan, New York, the fourth child of Daniel Stratton Miller and A ...
and
Jay Gould
Jason Gould (; May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American railroad magnate and financial speculator who is generally identified as one of the robber barons of the Gilded Age. His sharp and often unscrupulous business practices made hi ...
, a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been referred to as one of the ruthless
robber barons of the
Gilded Age
In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1900, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and Weste ...
, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era. Her aunt,
Anna Gould
Anna Gould (June 5, 1875 – November 30, 1961) was an American socialite and heiress as a daughter of financier Jay Gould.
Early life
Anna Gould was born on June 5, 1875, in New York City. She was the daughter of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and ...
, was married to two European aristocrats,
Boni de Castellane
Marie Ernest Paul Boniface de Castellane, Marquis de Castellane (February 14, 1867 – October 20, 1932), known as Boni de Castellane, was a French nobleman and politician. He was known as a leading '' Belle Époque'' tastemaker and the first hus ...
(the elder son and heir apparent of the
Marquis of Castellane) and
Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Sagan
Marie Pierre Louis Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (August 23, 1859 – October 25, 1937), 5th Duke of Talleyrand and Dino, Prince, then Duke of Sagan, was a French socialite
A socialite is a person from a wealthy and (possibly) aristocratic b ...
(Boni's cousin).
Personal life
In 1923 she became engaged to Henry A. Bishop, Jr., of
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the List of municipalities in Connecticut, most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the List of cities by population in New England, fifth-most populous ...
. He was the son of Henry A. Bishop, Sr, who was the director of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. Together Gloria and Henry had a daughter:
* Gioia Bishop (1925-1990), who married William Henry Grimditch (1922–2013) in 1943. They divorced and she married Charles Larkin (1925–2009) in 1954.
Gloria was the first manager of New York City's
Embassy Theatre, which opened in 1925.
In 1929, Gloria divorced her first husband and she married Wallace McFarlane Barker,
a son of Alfred Barker and Harriet ( Rowland) Barker, in 1930.
[ Her first husband married Edith Weed in 1929,] before his death in 1934.
Gloria drowned in the swimming pool of her home near Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities and towns in Arizona#List of cities and towns, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1 ...
in August 1943. Her widower, Walter McFarlane Barker, died in 1948.
References
External links
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1906 births
1943 deaths
American socialites
Deaths by drowning in the United States
Accidental deaths in Arizona
Gloria Gould
Gloria Gould (1906 – August 16, 1943) was an American socialite who was the daughter of industrialist heir George Jay Gould I.
Early life
She was born on March 3, 1906, the youngest daughter of George Jay Gould I. She was one of seven chi ...