Barrett Wendell Jr. (April 19, 1881 – June 3, 1973) was an American investment banker.
Barrett Wendell Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 19, 1881 |
| Died | June 3, 1973 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Employer | Lee, Higginson & Co. |
| Spouse | Barbara Higginson |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Barrett Wendell Edith Greenough |
| Relatives | Jacob Wendell (uncle) Catherine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (cousin) William Whitwell Greenough (grandfather) |
Early life
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Wendell was born on April 19, 1881, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the eldest child of Edith (née Greenough) Wendell and Barrett Wendell, a well-known professor of English at Harvard.[1] His mother was a national leader of movements to preserve historical sites.[2] He had three younger siblings: Mary Barrett Wendell (wife of Geoffrey Manilus Wheelock and Reinier van der Woude),[1] William Greenough Wendell (who married Ruth Appleton and Evelyn Fahnestock),[1][3] and Edith Wendell (wife of publisher and Mayor of Auburn, New York Charles Devens Osborne).[1][4]
His paternal grandparents were Jacob Wendell and Mary Bertodi (née Barrett) Wendell. His uncle was actor Jacob Wendell, father of Catherine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon and Philippa Stewart, Countess of Galloway.[5] His maternal grandparents were Catharine Scollay (née Curtis) Greenough and William Whitwell Greenough, the president of the Boston Public Library.[1]
Wendell graduated from Harvard University in 1902, where he was on the varsity baseball team. For several years after graduation, he coached Harvard's team.[6]
Career
editWendell joined Lee, Higginson & Co. (which had been founded by his wife's grandfather in 1848).[7] After the original firm dissolved, and the Lee Higginson Corporation was formed, was a part of their Chicago office, eventually leading it.[6] He retired as a director of the corporation in 1965. In 1919, Wendell compiled the History of Lee, Higginson & Co., which remained unpublished.[8]
He was a governor of the Investment Bankers' Association of America, an overseer of Harvard University and president of the Harvard Club of Chicago and of the Bond Club of Chicago.[6]
Personal life
editOn June 18, 1910, Wendell was married to Barbara Higginson (1884–1971), at St. John's Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts.[9] Barbara was the third daughter of Francis Lee Higginson and Julia (née Borland) Higginson and a niece of Henry Lee Higginson.[10][8] Together, they were the parents of:[11]
- Barbara Wendell (1911–2014),[12] who Horace H. Soule of Boston in 1934.[11] They divorced in 1938 and she married Chester Brooks Kerr in 1944.[13] They also divorced.[12]
- Barrett Wendell III (1913–1987), who married Margaret Mitchell, daughter of Leeds Mitchell, in 1937.[14][15]
- Francis Lee Higginson Wendell (1916–1994), who married Camilla Alsop, daughter of Francis J. G. Alsop, in 1937.[16][11] He later married Joan (née Monroe) Armour,[17] the former wife of Charles Brooks Armour.[18]
Wendell died on June 3, 1973, at Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Illinois.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Society, New England Historic Genealogical (1919). Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. lii. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (4 October 1938). "MRS. WENDELL, LEADER IN PATRIOTIC GROUPS; Widow of Harvard University Professor Dies in Boston". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "MRS. EVELYN STEELE MARRIED TO BANKER; Former Miss Fahnestock Bride of William G. Wendell". The New York Times. 15 May 1938. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "CHARLES OSBORNE, PUBLISHER, DEAD; Head of Citizen-Advertiser in Auburn Was Ex-Mayor". The New York Times. 2 June 1961. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Wendell Family Correspondence, 1801-1896 – MS088". portsmouthathenaeum.org. Portsmouth Athenaeum. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "BARRETT WENDELL, CHICAGO BANKER, 92". The New York Times. 4 June 1973. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "LEE, HIGGINSON & CO. PLAN WIDE CHANGES; Banking Firm to Drop the Securities Business and Eventually Liquidate. WILL FORM CORPORATION New Organization to Confine Offices to New York, Chicago and Boston. AGENTS OF IVAR KREUGER Total of the Securities Handled Over Many Years Put at $1,000,000,000". The New York Times. 15 June 1932. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b Jaher, Frederic Cople (1982). The Urban Establishment: Upper Strata in Boston, New York, Charleston, Chicago, and Los Angeles. University of Illinois Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-252-00932-7. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Times, Special to The New York (19 June 1910). "WENDELL--HIGGINSON". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "BETROTHAL ANNOUNCED Miss Barbara Higginson, Daughter of Francis L. Higginson, to Wed Barrett Wendell Jr". The Boston Globe. 25 January 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Wendell, Barrett, Jr., b. 1881". athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com. Portsmouth Athenaeum. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Paid Notice: Deaths KERR, BARBARA WENDELL". The New York Times. August 10, 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Clipped From Chicago Tribune". Chicago Tribune. 9 July 1944. p. 33. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (30 July 1937). "NANTUCKET BRIDAL FOR MISS MITCHELL; Alumna of Masters School Is Wed to Barrett Wendell. 3d in Father's Summer Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Wendell, Barrett III, b. 1913". athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com. Portsmouth Athenaeum. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (19 June 1937). "MISS CAMILLA ALSOP HAS SIMPLE WEDDING; Becomes Bride of Francis Lee Higginson Wendell in Church at Milton, Mass". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "F. Lee Wendell, 78, Marketing Executive". The New York Times. 24 August 1994. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (13 May 1946). "C. B. ARMOUR TO WED MISS JOAN E. MONROE". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2022.