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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.
Frances Helen Sweeny was born on 19 June 1937 at Beaumont House, a nursing home in Marylebone Lane, London, to American amateur golfer, socialite and businessman Charles Francis Sweeny and his wife, Scottish debutante Margaret Whigham. Her mother had suffered eight miscarriages and given birth to a stillborn daughter prior to her birth.
12 de mar. de 1993 · Added: Dec 31, 2003. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 8226142. Source citation. 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.
Charles Francis Sweeny (October 3, 1909, 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. Sweeny's paternal grandfather, also named Charles Sweeny, was an ...
27 de dic. de 2021 · Charles Francis Sweeny was an American businessman and socialite who played a major role in the formation of the Eagle Squadrons, composed mostly of volunte...
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.
Jane Beadon (stepmother) Ethel Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll ( née Whigham, formerly Sweeny; 1 December 1912 – 25 July 1993) was a Scottish heiress, socialite, and aristocrat who was most famous for her 1951 marriage and much-publicised 1963 divorce from her second husband, Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll. [1]
