Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Lewis Thompson Preston Sr. 0 16764 206958 95739 2021-03-26T10:34:15Z Terje 655 unstub wikitext text/x-wiki {{person |birth_place=Colorado Springs |birth_date=27 Nov 1899 |death_date=9 Feb 1937 |image=Lewis Thompson Preston Sr..png |image_caption=A young Lewis Thompson Preston |death_place=New York, USA |spouses=Priscilla Baldwin, Eppes Hawes |alma_mater=Harvard |description=US establishment, father of [[Lewis Thompson Preston]] who went on to be President of the [[World Bank Group]]. |constitutes=sportsman |children=Lewis Thompson Preston, William Preston |parents=Ralph Julius Preston, Elizabeth Thompson |default_sort=Preston, Lewis Thompson Sr }} '''Lewis Thompson Preston Sr.''' was father of [[Lewis Thompson Preston]] who went on to be President of the [[World Bank Group]]. ==Background== Lewis Thompson Preston Sr. was born in 27 Nov 1899 and grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey. His uncle was head of the house in which he grew up with his parents until at least 1920. In 1925 he married [[Priscilla Baldwin]]. His brother William had married Priscilla's twin sister Fanny.<ref>http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2011/New%20York%20Evening%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201925%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Evening%20Post%201925%20Grayscale%20-%204754.pdf</ref> Both these marriages ended in divorce, and the twin sisters later married brothers from the [[Morgan family]].<ref>[http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59994192/ ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', 27 October 1934], p. 4</ref> ==Activities== He attended Harvard and graduated in 1924. His ''[[New York Times]]'' obituary describes him as a "sportsman", but notes his connections to the US establishment, such as that he once accompanied [[Kermit Roosevelt Sr.|Kermit Roosevelt (presumably "Sr.")]] on a round the world hunting trip. In 1933, he won medal honours in the qualifying round of the 38th annual Southern Cross golf tournament. He was also a keen tennis player. ==Family== In 1925 he married [[Priscilla Baldwin]], son of [[Joseph Clark Baldwin Jr.]] with whom he had [[Lewis Thompson Preston]]. Ushers at the wedding included included [[Thomas Morrison Carnegie Jr.]], [[Joseh Harriman Jr.]], [[Thomas N. McCarter Jr.]] and [[Langdon W. Post]].<ref>''[[New York Times]]'', October 1925</ref> Then he divorced her and married Miss [[Eppes Hawes]], daughter of Senator [[Harry B. Hawes]] of Missouri, but later divorced her.<ref name=nyt/> ==Death== He died in the Doctors Hospital on 9 Feb 1937, a week after an operation carried out after 18 months of illness. The "honorary pallbearers" were [[Thomas M. Carnegie|Thomas M. Carnegie Jr.]], [[Rodman Wanamaker]], [[Charles A. Clark]], [[Charles Lee]], [[Duncan Thayer]] and [[Duncan Ellsworth]].<ref name=nyt>''[[New York Times]]'' Obituary, 11 Feb 1937</ref> ==Relatives== Lewis Thompson Preston Sr. was father of [[Lewis Thompson Preston]] who went on to be [[President of the World Bank Group]].<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=te2ZTSdTOU0C&pg=PA500&lpg=PA500&dq=Ralph+Julius+Preston&source=bl&ots=-swMXcAAuX&sig=0XF8YVXmo1wvNdgJAQsAcDVYrss&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCGoVChMI3MvSurXOxwIVCsAUCh0UQQsg#v=onepage&q=Ralph%20Julius%20Preston&f=false</ref> {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{Reflist}} kih8a6gu9nplhccbfe5jzj40gzd27ka