John George Alexander Leishman II (1887-1942)

John George Alexander Leishman II

Birth

16 Jan 1887

Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

2 Jan 1942 (aged 54)

Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Burial

Batignolles Cemetery

Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France Add to Map

Plot

Caveau Verhelpen Family Vault

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John G. A. Leishman, Jr. (1887-1942), whose father, formerly president of the Carnegie Steel Company, was the U. S. Ambassador to Turkey (1906-1909), to Italy (1909-1911), then to Germany (1911-1913). Ambassador Leishman’s daughter, Marthe (1882-1944), married in 1904 Count Louis de Gontaut-Biron, while her sister, Nancy (1894-1983), married in 1913 Karl Rudolf, the 13th Duke of Croy, Duke of Arenberg, Duke of Meppen, Prince of Recklinghausen. Nancy later divorced the Duke (his second wife, Helene Lewis, was also American) then married Andreas d’Oldenberg, the Danish minister to France. Her son succeeded as 14th Duke of Croy.

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Spouse

Elizabeth Helene Demarest Driesen

1892–1931 (m. 1911)

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John George Alexander Leishman II

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