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On the 26th of April, 1947, Evalyn Walsh McLean, the mining heiress, died at her Georgetown mansion that overlooked Washington, D.C. She was 60 years old. Naturally one of the first things her ...
18 de nov. de 2019 · The following year, he sold the gem for $180,000 (almost $5 million today) to Evalyn Walsh McLean, a mining heiress and socialite. She was late in paying, prompting a legal dispute that, ...
Edward "Ned" Beale McLean (1889 – July 28, 1941) was the publisher and owner of The Washington Post newspaper, from 1916 until 1933. His wife, Evalyn Walsh McLean, was a prominent Washington socialite.McLean was also a thoroughbred racehorse owner and purchaser of the Hope Diamond, which was traditionally believed to carry a curse.McLean was declared insane and died in a psychiatric hospital.
2 de jul. de 2009 · Upon John’s death in 1916, the house passed to his son Edward. Edward, a known alcoholic, had married Evalyn Walsh. Edward spent his last days in a Maryland sanitarium, where he died in 1941. Evalyn Walsh McLean leased the house to the federal government in 1935 for use as office space for three of the New Deal agencies.
5 de jun. de 2023 · Aujourd'hui, Evalyn Walsh McLean. Les chroniques des jours précédents. 05/06/2023 Maximilien 1er 02/06/2023 Jean-Baptiste Debret ...
5 de sept. de 2000 · With the combined influence of the Walsh and McLean families, Evalyn developed friendships with the politically prominent in the nation’s capital and became the city’s favorite hostess. Notorious for giving magnificent parties, she counted the Tafts, the Hardings, the Coolidges, Alice Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, and Ethel Barrymore among her many personal friends.
Edward bought Evalyn the Hope diamond, but the curse of the diamond struck their family, too. Tragedy struck, and struck hard. A son died and the family fortune was lost. Father Struck It Rich takes the reader from humble times to unbelievable riches and then through tragic bad times. 232 pages, Paperback.
