John Shaffer Phipps
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John Shaffer Phipps, (1874-1958), the heir to the Phipps fortune and owner of Grace Shipping.
Known as "Jay", was the son of Pittsburgh steel magnate and major philanthropist, Henry Phipps.
In 1897 he married Margarita Grace, the daughter of Michael Grace of Kilkenny, Ireland, who, with his brother William, founded the Grace Shipping Lines in South America. John and Margarita had four children: John Henry Howard, Peggy, Michael, and Hubert Phipps.
Phipps purchased an old 160-acre Quaker farm on Long Island where he built a large mansion with magnificent gardens that following his death was became a non-profit organization that today is known as Westbury House & Gardens and is open to the public.
[edit] References
- Photos of Westbury House & Gardens
- Halcyon Days: An American Family Through Three Generations by Peggie Phipps Boegner (daughter of John Shaffer Phipps), Richard Gachot (1987) Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-1064-0
