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John Vernou Bouvier III
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John Vernou Bouvier III (May 19, 1891–August 2, 1957) was a Wall Street stockbroker who was the father of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, who would become the First Lady of the United States through her marriage to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Caroline Lee Bouvier, who was best known as Lee Radziwill.
He was the eldest child of John Vernou Bouvier II (1865—1948) and Maude Frances Sergeant (1870—1940).
He had a younger brother, William Sergeant Bouvier (1893—1929) and three sisters, Maude, Michelle, and Edith (who was the mother of socialite and singer Edith Bouvier Beale). [1] He served in World War I and attended Sheffield Scientific School, graduating in 1914, becoming a stockbroker. [2] His nickname was "Black Jack" Bouvier, for his swarthy complexion; his drinking, gambling and womanizing led to his divorce from his wife Janet Norton Lee Bouvier Auchincloss Morris (1907—1989). His first wife was to forbid him from escorting Jacqueline down the aisle in Jackie's Newport, Rhode Island wedding to John Kennedy. Instead Jacqueline was escorted by Janet's husband Hugh D. Auchincloss.
Much has been written and portrayed about the relationship between Bouvier and his famous daughter and how it impacted her future fame. The dramas usually focus on the days at their East Hampton (village), New York mansion.
He is buried in the Bouvier family plot at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery in East Hampton.
- ^ Genealogia - John Vernou Bouvier III
- ^ The Washington Post and Times Herald, 4 August 1957, obituary
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