Charles F. Spalding

For the Scottish confectioner and engineer, see Charles Spalding.

Charles F. Spalding (1918–1999) was an American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment banker. He was a political campaigner during the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, a best-selling co-author of Love At First Flight, a screenwriter for Charlie Chaplin, and later vice president of the New York City-based investment bank Lazard.

Biography

Early life Charles F. Spalding was born in 1918 in Lake Forest, Illinois. His maternal grandfather, Patrick Cudahy, was the founder of Cudahy Packing Company, the third largest meat-packing company in the United States. He was an usher at Kennedy's wedding. Spalding also worked on Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign in California.

He founded De Sainte Phalle Spalding, an investment banking firm. He later married heiress and philanthropist Berenice Roth Spalding. They resided in Hillsborough, San Mateo County, California.

Death He died of myeloma in 1999 in Hillsborough, California. His funeral took place at St Matthew's Episcopal Church in San Mateo, California.