Marjorie Gould

Marjorie Gwynne Drexel ( Gould (September 11, 1891 – November 29, 1955) was an American heiress and socialite. Early life Marjorie was born in Manhattan on September 11, 1891. She was the eldest daughter of seven children born to millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864–1923) and actress Edith Kingdon Gould (1864–1921). Among her siblings were Kingdon Gould Sr., Jay Gould II, Helen Vivien Gould (wife of John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies), George Jay Gould II, Edith Catherine Gould (later Lady MacNeal), and Gloria Gould (wife of Henry A. Bishop II and Wallace McFarlane Barker). Her father was the eldest son of the former Helen Day Miller and Jay Gould, a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been referred to as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era. Her aunt, Anna Gould, was married to two European aristocrats, Boni de Castellane (the elder son and heir apparent of the Marquis of Castellane) and Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Sagan (Boni's cousin). Marjorie grew up in her parents' home in Lakewood, New Jersey where she was educated "under the superintendence of her mother, who with the help of governesses, directed her daughter's training in a way to fit her best for her position in life." She traveled extensively, both in the United States and in Europe and spoke three languages.