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Evalyn Walsh McLean (August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress, socialite, and social leader who was famous for being the last private owner of the 45-carat (9.0 g) Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as well as another famous diamond, the 94-carat (18.8 g) Star of the East.
Evalyn Walsh McLean was a rich heiress who bought the Hope Diamond from Pierre Cartier in 1912. There are stories that she even affixed the diamond to her dog’s collar. Her ill fate began when her mother-in-law died, and her son died at the age of nine. Her husband left her for another woman and later died in a psychiatric hospital.
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, a Washington D.C. socialite and wife of the former owner of The Washington Post, acquired the diamond in 1911 for $180,000. She, too, suffered the curse of the diamond: her husband died in a mental institution, her eldest son was killed in a car accident, and her daughter overdosed on sleeping pills.
Sep 5, 2000 · With the combined influence of the Walsh and McLean families, Evalyn developed friendships with the politically prominent in the nation’s capital and became the city’s favorite hostess. Notorious for giving magnificent parties, she counted the Tafts, the Hardings, the Coolidges, Alice Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, and Ethel Barrymore among ...
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Joseph McLean Gregory is the great-grandson of Evalyn Walsh McLean. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he was educated at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and is the president and founder of Hope Diamond Collection. A noted author and historian, Joseph has received rave reviews for his books, Queen of Diamonds and his latest book ...
Evalyn Walsh McLean, 45, heiress to a Colorado mining fortune and owner of the famed Hope diamond, had heard the trucks rumbling past her Massachusetts Avenue mansion.
Dec 19, 2019 · There Evalyn married another wealthy socialite, Edward “Ned” McLean, whose family owned the Washington Post. In 1911, the couple purchased the Hope Diamond from Cartier for $180,000 – equivalent to nearly $5 million in today’s dollars! Evalyn Walsh McLean wearing the Hope Diamond. Evalyn Walsh McLean frequently wore the diamond to ...
