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Feb 5, 1997 · Added: Jul 2, 1999. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5816. Source citation. Pamela Digby was the daughter of Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby, and his wife, Constance Pamela Alice, the daughter of Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. She was married on October 4, 1939 to Randolph Churchill, the only son of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
William Averell Harriman was born in New York City, one of six children of railroad baron Edward Henry Harriman [1848-1909] and his wife Mary Williamson Averell. The elder Harriman had worked his way from a $5 per week job as an office boy to the head of the Union Pacific Railroad, and left a fortune estimated at $70 to $100 million at his death.
Sep 20, 1986 · Although a grave was dug and a funeral service held, the body of former Gov. W. Averell Harriman was not interred. It has instead been placed in a crypt while a grave is prepared on the family's ...
Jul 27, 1986 · W. Averell Harriman, the durable Democrat who was Governor of New York from 1955 to 1959 and served four Presidents in key diplomatic roles, died early yesterday at Birchgrove, his home in ...
W. Averell Harriman (born November 15, 1891, New York City, New York, U.S.—died July 26, 1986, Yorktown Heights) was a statesman who was a leading U.S. diplomat in relations with the Soviet Union during World War II and the subsequent Cold War. He also served as the governor of New York (1954–58). The son of the railroad magnate Edward ...
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Aug 9, 2021 · W. Averell Harriman, the scion of one of America`s wealthiest families, achieved power and prominence as a trouble-shooter and confidant to five Democratic presidents.Mr. Harriman, who died early ...
William Averell Harriman was born on November 15, 1891, in New York City. He attended Groton School and graduated from Yale in 1913. Harriman worked for the Union Pacific Railroad during and after college and was its chairman of the board from 1918 to 1927. He was appointed a member of the Business Advisory Committee for the Department of ...
