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American businessman and society figure
James Montgomery Beck Jr. (April 17, 1892 – December 4, 1972) was a prominent society figure in New York and Newport.
Early life
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His sister, Beatrice
Beck was born on April 17, 1892, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . He was the only son of Lilla Lawrence (née Mitchell) Beck (1861–1956)[1] and James M. Beck (1861–1936), a Republican U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania who served as U.S. Solicitor General under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge .[2] [3] His sister, author Beatrice Beck, a friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor , was married to foreign service officer Somerville Pinkney Tuck and,[4] following their 1934 divorce, Snowden Andrews Fahnestock (a grandson of banker Harris C. Fahnestock ), whom she married in 1936.[5]
His paternal grandparents were Margaretta (née Darling) and James Nathan Beck.[6] His mother was the daughter of James and Emeline Lawrence Mitchell of Philadelphia and, later, Baltimore, Maryland .[1]
Beck graduated from Princeton University in 1914 before serving as First lieutenant in the aviation section of the Army Signal Corps in France in World War I .[7]
Career
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In the 1920s, Beck was musical director of the European affiliate of the Victor Talking Machine Company (before it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America ) and, later, a director of Western Electric and representative in England of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association .[7] He was also a founder, and honorary chairman, of the Newport and Miami chapters of the English-Speaking Union , of which he had been a director of the national organization.[7]
In 1956, his third wife established the Newport Music Carnival in Newport, Rhode Island , where they had a home. Through Beck's connections, Mary "brought many stars of the music world to Newport concerts for four summers."[8]
Personal life
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Photograph of his first wife, Adelaide
On October 17, 1917, Beck was married to Adelaide Wilmerding, a daughter of Theodore Kearny Wilmerding, at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City.[9] Before their divorce in 1927 in Paris ,[10] they were the parents of a daughter:[7]
Nina Beck, who married Cecil Marais of Lausanne, Switzerland.[7] [11]
On July 24, 1928, Beck was married to The Hon. Clarissa Madeline Georgiana Felicite "Clare" Tennant (1896–1960) in England.<ref">Times, Special to The New York (August 26, 1927). "RUMORE NEW BECK WEDDING; Newport Friends Say James M. Jr. Will Marry Mrs. Tennyson" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 . </ref> Clare was a daughter of Edward Tennant, 1st Baron Glenconner , and the former Pamela Wyndham , and sister of Edward , Stephen and David Tennant . She had previously been married to Capt. Adrian Bethell and Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson (grandson of poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson ), both of whom she divorced.[12] Before their separation in 1936 and divorce in 1939,[13] James and Clare were the parents of twins:[7]
James Montgomery Beck III (1929–2006), who adopted Reverend David Lawson-Beck.[14] [15]
Virginia Clare Beck (1929–2008)[16]
In 1945, Beck remarried to Mary Ridgely Carter (1904–1974), a daughter of the Rev. George Calvert Carter (a grandson of George Henry Calvert and great-grandson of George Calvert ) and Mary Wray (née Benson) Carter. She was a niece of diplomats Alexander Benson , John Ridgely Carter and a cousin of Mildred, Countess of Gosford .[17] Together, they lived in Newport and at 300 Park Avenue in New York City and were the parents of:[8]
Edward Ridgely Carter Beck (b. 1948)[18]
Beck died on December 4, 1972, at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts .[7] His widow died at Plaisance, their home in Newport, in 1976.[8] In 2014, the Beck's son Edward sold Plaisance, their Newport home overlooking an Atlantic-facing cove and Bailey's Beach , for $5,000,000.[19]
References
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^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (April 13, 1936). "JAMES M. BECK, 74, NEW DEAL FOE, DIES; One of Foremost Authorities on the Constitution Stricken Suddenly in Capital" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (May 5, 1936). "WIDOW GETS BECK ESTATE; Value in Excess of $200,000 -- Will Is Probated at Philadelphia" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (October 26, 1924). "MISS BEATRICE BECK. BRIDE OF S. P. TUCK JR.; President and Mrs. Coolidge at the Wedding of Daughter of Solicitor General" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (April 30, 1936). "MRS. BEATRICE TUCK IS BRIDE AT CAPITAL; Daughter of Late James M. Beck Is Married to Col. Snowden Andrew Fahnestock" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Beck to Beckbissinger" .
^ a b c d e f g "JAMES M. BECK DIES; A SOCIETY FIGURE, 80" . The New York Times . December 6, 1972. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ a b c "Mrs. James Beck, Founded Newport Music Carnival" . The New York Times . April 18, 1974. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "J.M. BECK. JR., TO MARRY.; Princeton Aviator's Wedding to Miss Wilmerding Hastened" . The New York Times . October 16, 1917. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "MRS. BECK JR. GETS DIVORCE; Paris Court Gives Former Adelaide Wilmerding Custody of Child" . The New York Times . March 29, 1927. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "Memorials" . Princeton Alumni Weekly . Princeton University Press: 16. 1972. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "Hon. Clarissa ('Clare') Tennant (Tennyson, later Beck)" . www.npg.org.uk . National Portrait Gallery, London . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "James M. Beck Gets Divorce" . The New York Times . November 8, 1939. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "Our Present Community" . The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Linden, NJ . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ Jersey, Central. "OBITUARIES, Aug. 15, 2006 – Central Jersey Archives" . centraljersey.com/2006/08/15/obituaries-aug-15-2006/ . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ "PARTY WILL HONOR MISS VIRGINIA BECK; Parents Will Give a Reception for Debutante Tomorrow -- Sue Kendall Bows" . The New York Times . November 25, 1948. Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ Park (London), Bertram (October 25, 1945). "MISS MARY CARTER TO BE WED TODAY; Descendant of the First Lord Baltimore Will Become the Bride of James M. Beck" . The New York Times . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
^ The Hereditary Register of the United States of America . Hereditary Register Publications. 1972. p. 316. Retrieved April 28, 2022 .
^ Dunn, Christine (October 14, 2014). "Newport manor sold for $5 million" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved April 27, 2022 .
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