Henrietta Bingham

This article is about the 20th-century American newspaper heiress. For the 19th-century American magazine editor and writer, see Henrietta A. Bingham.

Henrietta Bingham
Bingham and Stephen Tomlin at Ham Spray, 1924, photo by Dora Carrington
Born
Henrietta Worth Bingham

(1901-01-03)January 3, 1901[1]
Louisville, Kentucky, US[2]
DiedJune 17, 1968(1968-06-17) (aged 67)[3][4]
New York City, US
EducationSmith College
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Newspaper executive
  • Horse breeder
Spouse
Benjamin Franklin McKenzie
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(m. 1954; div. 1958)​
[note 1][5][6]
Partners

Henrietta Bingham (January 3, 1901 – June 17, 1968) was a wealthy American journalist, newspaper executive and horse breeder. When she was twelve, she was present when her mother was killed in a road accident which traumatized the whole family. She subsequently developed a very close relationship with her father, who took a long time to recognize her lesbianism although eventually he became reconciled to her sexuality. In the 1920s she became an anglophile flapper and she associated with the Bloomsbury Group. In 1935 she purchased and ran a Kentucky estate for breeding thoroughbred racehorses. Her 1954 marriage, after a succession of partners, men and women, was unsuccessful.

  1. ^ Bingham (2015), p. 17.
  2. ^ Bingham (2015), p. 11.
  3. ^ "Henrietta Bingham dies in New York". The Courier-Journal. Vol. 226, no. 170. Louisville, Kentucky. June 18, 1968. p. B3 (41). Archived from the original on March 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Bingham (2015), p. 202.
  5. ^ "Divorces Granted". The Bridgeport Telegram. December 4, 1958. p. 35. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Bingham (2015), pp. 278–279.


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