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Charles Francis Sweeny (October 3, 1909 or 1910, Scranton, Pennsylvania – March 11, 1993) was an American businessman and socialite who played a major role in the formation of the Eagle Squadrons, composed mostly of volunteer American pilots eager to fight in the Royal Air Force prior to the United States entering into World War II.
12 de mar. de 1993 · Charles Francis Sweeny. American stockbroker and golfer. Married to Margaret Whigham, the future Duchess of Argyll. The couple remained in London during the war, and she assisted her husband in forming the Eagle squadrons, manned by American pilots in the period before America entered the war.
28 de dic. de 2021 · In 1933, Margaret married Charles Francis Sweeny, an Irish-American stockbroker and amateur golfer, whose family’s millions came from coal mining, oil, and smelting. So popular was the young...
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Frances Helen Manners, Duchess of Rutland (née Sweeny; 19 June 1937 – 21 January 2024) was a British peeress and socialite. The wife of Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland, following his death in 1999, she was known as the Dowager Duchess of Rutland.
24 de ene. de 2024 · Frances Helen Sweeny was born in London to American golfer and socialite Charles Francis Sweeny and his wife, heiress Margaret Whigham, arriving after her mother had suffered eight miscarriages. She was joined by a younger brother, Brian, before her parents divorce in 1947, and her mother’s subsequent remarriage to the 11th Duke of Argyll.
Before she met the duke, Margaret was married to her first husband Charles Francis Sweeny. In 1943, she had a near-fatal fall down a lift shaft whilst visiting her chiropodist on Bond Street.
She had three children with Sweeny: a daughter, who was stillborn at eight months in late 1933; another daughter, Frances Helen (1937–2024; who married Charles Manners, 10th Duke of Rutland), and a son, Brian Charles (1940–2021).
