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Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr.

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Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr.

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
23 Feb 1946 (aged 58)
Boca Grande, Lee County, Florida, USA
Burial
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.9453583, Longitude: -75.2040028
Plot
The Drexel Family Plot directly in front of the F.M. Drexel Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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Financier. World War I Soldier. Aviator. He was the son of Anthony J. Drexel and Margarita Armstrong. Educated at Farnborough and Eton College, he returned to the US to work for Drexel and Company. After operating a fling school in England, he returned again to the US to work for the brokerage house of E. and C. Randolph. Eventually he bought a seat on the New York Stock exchange and with John E. Liggett founded, Liggett and Drexel. He was the husband of Marjorie Gwynne Gould, daughter of financier George Jay Gould. He served as a lieutenant in the US Army during the first world war.
Financier. World War I Soldier. Aviator. He was the son of Anthony J. Drexel and Margarita Armstrong. Educated at Farnborough and Eton College, he returned to the US to work for Drexel and Company. After operating a fling school in England, he returned again to the US to work for the brokerage house of E. and C. Randolph. Eventually he bought a seat on the New York Stock exchange and with John E. Liggett founded, Liggett and Drexel. He was the husband of Marjorie Gwynne Gould, daughter of financier George Jay Gould. He served as a lieutenant in the US Army during the first world war.


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