Margaret Thompson Biddle (1897-1956)

Mrs. Margaret (Thompson) Schulze, Biddle

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She was the sole heiress to her father's $85-million fortune. She hosted the Eisenhowers in France and as a famous jewel collector bequeathed more than 1,500 vermeil pieces to the White House upon her death. She had 3-children.

Parents (2)

William Boyce Thompson

of Alder Manor, Yonkers, New York; Engineer & Founder of Newmont Mining

1869-1930

Gertrude (Hickman) Thompson

Mrs. Gertrude (Hickman) Thompson

1877-1950

Spouses (2)

Theodore Schulze

Founder & President of Theodore Schulze & Co., Private Bankers, New York

1889-1936

Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.

of Fifth Avenue, NYC; Major-General in the U.S. Army & U.S. Ambassador to Spain etc.

1897-1961

Children (3)

Theodore Schulze

of Fontainebleau near Paris, France

1919-1962

Peggy (Schulze) Downey

"Peggy" Margaret Boyce (Schulze), Princess Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Mrs. Downey

1921-1964

Anthony Boyce Thompson Drexel Biddle

Died in Infancy

1933-1933

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