American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill. Born in Manhattan, She was the middle daughter of James Thomas Lee, a lawyer and real estate developer, and Margaret A. Merritt. Janet graduated from Miss Spence's School and attended Sweet Briar and Barnard Colleges. She was a member of the Barnard College class of 1929 but records show that she did not graduate. She was a three-time winner of the hunter championship at the National Horse Show. Janet was married three times. In 1928, she married her first husband, John Vernou Bouvier III (1891–1957). Together, they were the parents of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and Caroline Lee Bouvier. Mr. Bouvier's womanizing and drinking led to a separation in 1936, a brief reconciliation for a few months in 1937, and then a divorce in 1940. In 1942, she married her second husband, Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr., an attorney and Standard Oil heir; becoming his third wife. Together they had two children, Janet Jennings Auchincloss, and James Lee Auchincloss. Hugh Auchincloss died in 1976. In 1979, she married for a third time, to her childhood friend Bingham Willing "Booch" Morris (1906–1996). Jacqueline served as her witness. Morris, a widower, was a retired investment banker who lived in Southampton, New York, a graduate of St. George's School and Harvard, where he was a member of the Iroquois and Hasty Pudding Clubs, and was the son of Violet Lee (née Willing) Morris and John Boucher Morris of Baltimore. His late wife, Mary (née Rawlins) Morris, was a bridesmaid at Janet's first wedding. They separated in 1981, but remained married until her death.
American socialite. She was the mother of the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Lee Radziwill. Born in Manhattan, She was the middle daughter of James Thomas Lee, a lawyer and real estate developer, and Margaret A. Merritt. Janet graduated from Miss Spence's School and attended Sweet Briar and Barnard Colleges. She was a member of the Barnard College class of 1929 but records show that she did not graduate. She was a three-time winner of the hunter championship at the National Horse Show. Janet was married three times. In 1928, she married her first husband, John Vernou Bouvier III (1891–1957). Together, they were the parents of Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and Caroline Lee Bouvier. Mr. Bouvier's womanizing and drinking led to a separation in 1936, a brief reconciliation for a few months in 1937, and then a divorce in 1940. In 1942, she married her second husband, Hugh Dudley Auchincloss Jr., an attorney and Standard Oil heir; becoming his third wife. Together they had two children, Janet Jennings Auchincloss, and James Lee Auchincloss. Hugh Auchincloss died in 1976. In 1979, she married for a third time, to her childhood friend Bingham Willing "Booch" Morris (1906–1996). Jacqueline served as her witness. Morris, a widower, was a retired investment banker who lived in Southampton, New York, a graduate of St. George's School and Harvard, where he was a member of the Iroquois and Hasty Pudding Clubs, and was the son of Violet Lee (née Willing) Morris and John Boucher Morris of Baltimore. His late wife, Mary (née Rawlins) Morris, was a bridesmaid at Janet's first wedding. They separated in 1981, but remained married until her death.
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