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George Cabot Lee Jr.

1871 – 1950

American banker

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Lived 1871 – 1950 (aged 79). George Cabot Lee Jr. was a banker.

George Cabot Lee Jr. (February 2, 1871 – October 28, 1950) was an American banker from Boston. He was the brother of Alice Hathaway Lee, the first wife of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a son of the Boston banker George Cabot Lee (1830–1910) and Caroline Watts ( Haskell) Lee (1835–1914). Among his sisters were Rose Lee (wife of Reginald Gray), Alice Hathaway Lee (first wife of Theodore Roosevelt), and Harriet Paine Lee (wife of Charles Mifflin Hammond, who managed William Howard Taft's campaign in California).

His paternal grandparents were John Clarke Lee, a member of the Cabot family, and Harriet Paine ( Rose) Lee. Through his sister Alice, he was uncle to Alice Roosevelt Longworth. His maternal grandparents were Elisha Haskell and Alice Russell ( Hathaway) Haskell.

Lee graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and served as treasurer of his class for thirty-one years. He later served as president of the Lee, Higginson Safe Deposit Company. When the company decided to go out of business, he settled the firm's affairs. Together, they were the parents of three sons: who married Kathleen Bowring Stoddart, a daughter of Lawrence Bowring Stoddart of Ewell Court, Surrey, in 1928. James Jackson Lee (1900–1972), who married Emily Schniewind, daughter of Henry Schniewind Jr., in 1926. Nelson Borland Lee (1906–1967), who married Mary Flagg.

After the death of his first wife, Lee remarried to Gertrude Wylde ( Cramer) Bartlett (1878–1971), the former wife of Edwin Bartlett, in Paris in July 1926.

Lee died on October 28, 1950, at his home in Westwood, Massachusetts. He was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

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Education
Harvard University
Employers
Lee, Higginson & Co.
Awards
Order of St. Sava
Also known as
George Cabot Lee

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George Cabot Lee

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Frequently asked questions

Who was George Cabot Lee Jr.?

American banker

When was George Cabot Lee Jr. born?

George Cabot Lee Jr. was born on 2 February 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts.

When did George Cabot Lee Jr. die?

George Cabot Lee Jr. died on 28 October 1950.

What was George Cabot Lee Jr.'s occupation?

George Cabot Lee Jr. was a banker.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George Cabot Lee Jr.

· Wikidata: Q96080825

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