Esther Cleveland Bosanquet

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Esther Cleveland Bosanquet

Esther Cleveland Bosanquet (born September 9, 1893 in Washington, DC , † June 25, 1980 in Tamworth , Carroll County , New Hampshire ) was the second daughter of US President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances . Esther was the only presidential child to date to be born in the White House .

She was born a few months after her father took up another term in office. Grover Cleveland had replaced his predecessor as President, Benjamin Harrison . The family had moved into the rooms a second time. In 1896, the child became infected with measles , which led to a quarantine in the White House. Five years later, the daughter of the now ex-president contracted diphtheria . In early 1912, Esther was introduced to the company, and rumors shortly afterwards wanted to know of a connection with Randolph D. West, which was denied by relatives.

During the First World War, Esther volunteered in England, where she met her husband. On March 4, 1918, she married Captain William Sidney Bence Bosanquet of the British Army Coldstream Guards at Westminster Abbey in London .

Bosanquet was a senior executive in the iron and steel industry. They spent their years together in Yorkshire . Her husband, born in 1893, died in Redcar on March 5, 1966 .

After her husband's death, Esther returned to the United States and settled in Tamworth , Carroll County , New Hampshire , where her father had bought a summer home. Her daughter is the British philosopher Philippa Foot .

Esther Cleveland Bosanquet died in Tamworth in 1980 at the age of 86.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Staff report (April 8, 1896). MEASLES IN THE WHITE HOUSE .; Esther Cleveland, the President's Daughter, Attacked by the Disease. New York Times
  2. ↑ Staff report (May 21, 1901). ESTHER CLEVELAND ILL .; Daughter of ex-President Attacked with Diphtheria - Three Other Cases at Princeton. New York Times
  3. ↑ Staff report (October 27, 1912). ESTHER CLEVELAND ENGAGED; Report That 'White House Baby' Will Marry Randolph D. West. New York Times
  4. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dantrogers/pafg1843.htm
  5. ↑ Staff report (March 15, 1918). ESTHER CLEVELAND WEDS CAPT. BOSANQUET; Late President's Daughter Marries Coldstream Guards Officer at Westminster Abbey. New York Times
  6. ^ Staff report (March 8, 1966). WS Bosanquet, Husband Of 'the White House Baby.' New York Times
personal data
SURNAME Cleveland Bosanquet, Esther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American woman born in the White House as the only child to date
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1980
Place of death Tamworth , Carroll County , New Hampshire , United States