Margaret Phipps Boegner

Margaret Phipps Boegner (November 17, 1906 – September 16, 2006) was an American heiress and philanthropist.

Biography

Early life Margaret Helen Phipps was born on November 17, 1906. Her father was John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958) and her mother, Margarita Celia Grace (1876-1957). She had three brothers, John H. H. Phipps, Michael Grace Phipps (1910–1973) and Hubert Beaumont Phipps (1906–1969). Her paternal grandfather was Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930) and her maternal grandfather was Michael P. Grace (1842–1920). She grew up at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, New York. She became Founder and Chairperson of the Old Westbury Gardens non-profit organization.

She was featured in an episode of America's Castles.

Personal life She married J. Gordon Douglas Jr. in 1930. He died in 1985.

She died in 2006. On June 30, 2010, some of her jewels were sold in an auction house in East Moriches, New York.