Elizabeth de la Poer Beresford, Baroness Decies (April 22, 1868 – June 13, 1944) was an American author, philanthropist, and Manhattan socialite. [1] Drexel was born on April 22, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Lucy Wharton and Joseph William Drexel. [2] .

For 28 years she endured her second marriage ("a tragic farce") to the homosexual "court jester" of Gilded Age society, Harry Lehr. He admitted that he'd married her for her money as poverty "terrified" him.

American author, socialite. daughter of a pioneering philanthropist; niece of a great banker (Anthony Drexel); and, sister of Lucy, the no-nonsense chatelaine of Champ Soleil. "Bessie" was an heiress who lived at the center of Gilded Age society, with an estimated fortune of $25 million.

2021年4月5日 · POWER / de la POER. BERESFORD . Part 1: Power / de la Poer . Nicholas Power [or le Poer], is said by some to have been summoned to the Irish Parliament in 1375 and later as Baron Le Poer, resulting in a hereditary peerage; its existence was confirmed by the Irish House of Lords, and confirmed by the Crown, in 1767; however, GEC asserts that no such Barony was created; at any rate, Nicholas had ...

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Power: We are indebted to the courtesy of Count Edmond de Poher de la Poer, of Gurteen, co. Waterford, for an elaborate Pedigree of "The Family of Pohar, Poer, or Power," which gives this family a French origin. It is but right, however, to say that the Irish origin of the family as given by MacFirbis is also that given in the MS. Vol. F. 4. 18 ...

Elizabeth Cobbe née de la Poer Beresford (1736-1806), wife of Thomas Cobbe (1733-1814) of Newbridge House, Dublin, in a costume evocative of Mary Queen of Scots, miniature, Cobbe Collection. This portrait was painted the year that Marmaduke Coghill (1673-1739) was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, attributed to Francis Bindon, courtesy of ...

2023年2月24日 · Wife of John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford 5th Bt — married 25 May 1936 in Mairie of 7th Arrondissement,Paris, France Mother of Jospeh Drexel Dahlgren and John Vinton Dahlgren Jr Died 13 Jun 1944 at age 76 in London, England

In 1931 Elizabeth was presented at Court to King George V and Queen Mary in London. On May 25, 1936 she married John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies. His first wife had been Helen Vivien Gould.