Granville Roland Fortescue
Granville Roland Fortescue | |
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Nickname(s) | "Rollie" |
Born | New York City, US | October 12, 1875
Died | April 21, 1952 | (aged 76)
Place of burial | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1898–1906 1917–1928 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry |
Battles/wars | Spanish–American War
Helene Reynolds (daughter) (first cousin)Theodore Roosevelt |
Other work | author, journalist |
Granville Roland Fortescue (October 12, 1875 – April 21, 1952) was an American soldier, a
Early life and education
Fortescue was the son of U.S. Congressman Robert Roosevelt (1829–1906),[3] and Marion Theresa "Minnie" O'Shea Fortescue, his mistress. At the time of his birth, his father was still married to his first wife, Elizabeth Ellis. After Ellis' death, Robert married Minnie. His father then adopted the three children that he had conceived with Minnie before their marriage, Granville, Kenyon, and Maud, and they were known as his stepchildren, although they were his biological children.[4] At the time of their birth, their father had been listed as "Robert Francis Fortescue," and all maintained the Fortescue name throughout their lives, even though they were born to Robert Roosevelt.[5]
His father, Robert Roosevelt, was the brother of
Fortescue's undergraduate education began at
Career
Fortescue was a
Fortescue was posted as a U.S. military attaché in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.[1] Along with other Western military attachés, he had two complementary missions—to assist the Japanese and to observe the Japanese forces in the field during the Russo-Japanese War.[7] Service as an artillery officer during World War I was the capstone of Fortescue's military career.[1]
Military honors
- Meuse-Argonne Offensive, September 1918.[6]
- Distinguished Service Cross.[6]
- World War I Victory Medal[4]
- Spanish Campaign Medal[6]
- Philippine Insurrection War Medal[6]
- Order of the Rising Sun, Japan.[8]
- Russo-Japanese War Medal, Japan.[8]
Personal life
In 1910, Captain "Rolly" Fortescue married Grace Hubbard Fortescue (née Grace Hubbard Bell) (1883–1979), a niece of the inventor Alexander Graham Bell and an heir to the Bell Telephone Company fortune. The wedding party included Captain Archibald Butt, who served with the groom in the White House as a Presidential aide.[9] The couple had three daughters:
- Thalia Fortescue (1911–1963), who married Thomas Hedges Massie (1905–1987), a Navy lieutenant.[10]
- Kenyon Fortescue (1914–1990), an actress whose stage-name was Helene Whitney; she married J. Louis Reynolds in 1936.[11]
- Marion Fortescue, who married Daulton Gillespie Viskniskki in 1934[10]
The couple's eldest daughter, Thalia Massie, was allegedly raped in 1932, and this embroiled her mother, Grace Fortescue, in a case of murder. The trial for murder, conducted in Hawaii in 1932, came to be known as the "Massie Affair". Afterwards, Grace returned to a quiet life with her husband as they moved seasonally between family homes on Long Island and in Palm Beach.
Fortescue died on April 21, 1952, and was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery,[8] the only Roosevelt to be buried there.[4]
Family tree
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Published works
His journalism experience led to further writing:
- 1914 – At the Front with Three Allies: My Adventures in the Great War. London: A. Melrose, Ltd.[12]
- 1915 – Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles. London: A. Melrose, Ltd. OCLC: 1562062
- 1915 – What of the Dardanelles? An Analysis. London: Hodder and Stoughton. OCLC: 2736904
- 1916 – Fore-armed: How to Build a Citizen Army. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co. OCLC: 406647
- 1917 – France Bears the Burden. New York: Macmillan. OCLC: 1183757
- 1937 – Front Line and Deadline: The Experiences of a War Correspondent. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. OCLC: 987696
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Spinzia, Raymond E. (2006). Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families: Their Estates And Their Country Homes, sample excerpt, p. 2.
- ^ Price, Warren C. (1999). Literature of Journalism, p. 90.
- ^ a b "Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ a b c d Spinzia, Raymond E. "These Other Roosevelts: The Fortescues," Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine Oyster Bay Historical Society Freeholder Magazine. 2006; "Robert B. Roosevelt's Will; Testator's Three Children Inherit Most of the Large Estate," New York Times. June 20, 1906.
- ISBN 9780230609648.
- ^ a b c d e Renehan, Edward J. "A Secret Roosevelt," History News Network. February 22, 2003.
- London School of Economics and Political Science(LSE).
- ^ a b c Arlington National Cemetery: Granville Roland Fortescue
- ^ "Society at Home and Abroad: The Fortescue-Bell Wedding in Washington," New York Times. May 29, 1910.
- ^ ISBN 1-58939-785-1.
- ^ "Milestones". Time. July 27, 1936. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ New York Public Library. (1915). Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, v.19 no.2, p. 618.
References
- Spinzia, Raymond E. and Judith A. Spinzia. (2006). Long Island's Prominent North Shore Families: Their Estates And Their Country Homes. College Station, Texas: Virtualbookworm.
- Stannard, David. "The Massie case: Injustice and courage," The Honolulu Advertiser. October 14, 2001.