Ethel du Pont

Ethel du Pont Roosevelt-Warren (January 30, 1916 – May 25, 1965) was an American heiress and socialite. She was also a member of the du Pont family. Her first husband was Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., a son of the 32nd U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Early life Ethel du Pont was born on January 30, 1916, in Wilmington, Delaware, the eldest child of Eugene du Pont Jr. and Ethel Pyle. Her siblings were Aimée du Pont, Nicholas R. du Pont, and Eugene du Pont III.

Personal life On June 30, 1937, she married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914–1988), a son of sitting President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, and grand-nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt. The couple separated and formally divorced in 1949. In December 1950, Ethel du Pont Roosevelt married prominent Detroit lawyer Benjamin S. Warren, Jr. Together, they had a son: Benjamin S. Warren III (born 1954)

Death Ethel du Pont was 49 years old when she committed suicide on May 25, 1965. She had been under psychiatric care several times in the years preceding her death and spent time at the Silver Hill Foundation, a hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut. As of 2023, the fellowship continues to support the salary of 3 to 4 young research psychiatrists per year.