Anthony J. Drexel Biddle

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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle I (1875 - 1948) also known as Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr. was the man upon whom the play and film The Happiest Millionaire was based.

His daughter, Cordelia Biddle, married Angier Buchanan Duke, the son of Benjamin Newton Duke. His son was Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr..

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[edit] Authored

The Madeira Islands, published by Philadelphia, Drexel, Biddle & Bradley Pub. Co., 1896.

[edit] Lawsuit

Biddle v. Irving Trust Company, 294 U.S. 708, 55 S.Ct. 405, 79 L.Ed. 1243 (1935)

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  • Washington Post; August 17, 1933 "Helen Avis Howard Engaged To Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Clinton Howard, of Atlanta, have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Helen Avis Howard, to Mr. Anthony Joseph Drexel 3d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Joseph Drexel, jr., of Philadelphia."
  • Time (magazine); June 4, 1948 "Died. Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Sr., 73, muscular Christian, father of the wartime ambassador to the governments in exile; following a cerebral hemorrhage; in Syosset, N.Y. He founded the Drexel Biddle Bible Classes in 1907 (their curriculum of fighting-&-praying ultimately attracted 200,000 members), taught jujitsu and dirty fighting to Marines in both World War."
  • New York Times; October 14, 2004 "Nicholas Duke Biddle, 83, Scion Of Wealth Who Helped the Poor. Nicholas Duke Biddle, scion of two prominent American families who helped refugees from Cuba and Caribbean, dies at age 83. Mr. Biddle was originally named Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle III, after his father, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr., a prominent diplomat."