Marjorie Merriweather Post
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Marjorie Merriweather Post (March 15, 1887 – September 12, 1973) was an American businesswoman, socialite, and the operator of General Foods, Inc.
She used a large portion of her fortune to buy art, particularly pre-revolutionary Russian art, much of which is on display at Hillwood, the museum that was her estate.
She is also known for her mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, which after her death became a Trump-owned resort.
Early life
Marjorie Merriweather Post was born in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter and only child of C. W. Post and former Ella Letitia Merriweather. She became the founder of the rapidly growing Postum Cereal Company, which was established in 1895, at age 27, following her father's death in 1914. She was then the richest woman in the United States, inheriting US$20 million (equivalent to US$526 million in 2020) and retiring it.
The Mount Vernon Seminary and College (now the George Washington University's Mount Vernon Campus) was attended by the Post. She had a close friendship with her alma mater for a lifetime and was the nation's first alumna trustee. The Special Collections Research Center at GWU maintains a collection of her correspondence with Mount Vernon administrators. The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan holds the complete collection of her personal papers as well as those of her father.
Lifestyle
In the Harry Winston exhibition, some of the Post's jewelry, bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is on display. The Napoleon Diamond Necklace and Diadem, a 275-ct (40 g) diamond-and-turquoise necklace, and Empress Marie Louise's tiara set, were gifts from Napoleon I to his second wife, Empress Marie Louise; the Marie Antoinette Diamond Earrings, a pair of diamond earrings set with pear shapes; and an emerald-and-diamond necklace and ring, both dating to Habsburg e
According to the Hermitage Museum Foundation, Post was a Russophil. The Soviet government started selling art treasures and other valuables stolen from Romanov's family and former Russian aristocrats after the Russian Revolution to bring hard currency to its industrialization and military armament programs during the 1930s. Critics have said that these items were expropriated; however, Post and her third husband, Joseph E. Davies, were from the recognized government entity; The items were not initially confiscated by neither News or Davies. Several works of art from the Tretyakov Gallery and other collections were either gifted or sold at nominal prices to the couple, who were both art collectors, according to allegations later. Davies is also accused of buying art expropriated from Soviet civilians long after the Russian Revolution, including victims of Stalin's Terror at discounted rates from Soviet officials.
Many of the items, which are still under the custody of the Post estate or its representatives, can be seen at Hillwood, her former home. Hillwood has operated as a private museum since President Edward Post's death, and she on display in both France and Russia, including Fabergé's porcelain, Sèvres porcelain, French furniture, tapestries, and paintings.
Personal life
Edward Bennett Close of Greenwich, Connecticut, who was married to Wall Street, Edward Bennett Close in 1905. In 1919, the two married.Together, they had two daughters:
Edward Bennett Close's second marriage made him later become actor Glenn Close's paternal grandfather.
Edward Francis Hutton: The post was married to financier Edward Francis Hutton for the second time in 1920. He was elected chairman of the Postum Cereal Company in 1923. They created a larger range of snack items, including Birdseye Frozen Foods. In 1929, the company was formally called the General Foods Corporation. In 1935, the Post and Hutton company was divorced from Britain.They had one daughter:
Joseph E. Davies, a Washington, D.C. lawyer, married her third husband, Joseph E. Davies, in 1935. In 1955, they had no children and were divorced. Davies served as the American ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1938, a critical period leading up to World War II. Joseph Stalin ruled at that time. During this period, Davies and Post obtained many valuable Russian works of art from Soviet officials.
Herbert A. Bruton was the president of the United Kingdom. May: Herbert A. Post's last marriage, which occurred in 1958, was to Herbert A. May is a wealthy businessman and the former master of fox hounds of the Rolling Rock Hunt Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. That marriage ended in divorce in May 1964, and Marjorie Merriweather Post reclaimed the name Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Post died at her Hillwood estate on September 12, 1973, after a long illness, and was buried there. Adelaide Close, Eleanor Post Close, and Nedenia Hutton left the majority of her estate to her three children.