Nancy Fish | |
|---|---|
 Nancy Fish Barnum in 1888 | |
| Born | 22 April 1850 Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 23 June 1927 (aged 77) Paris, France |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Nancy Fish Barnum Callias D'Orengiani |
| Spouses | Demetrius Callias
(m. 1895; died 1896)Lucien D'Alexandry D'Orengiani
(m. 1898; died 1919) |
Nancy Fish Barnum Callias D'Orengiani, Baroness (née Fish; 22 April 1850 – 23 June 1927) was an English socialite, daughter of a successful cotton miller and the second wife of P. T. Barnum, 40 years her senior. After the death of Barnum's first wife in 1873, they married the following year in both London and New York City. After his death in 1891, he left her a large annuity.
Four years later, after an accidental meeting in Egypt, Fish married Demetrius Callias Bey, an Ottoman diplomat, nobleman and businessman. Their marriage in New York City was sensationalised in the American press and ended in Callias' 1896 death.
Two years later, Fish entered a mutually beneficial business-like marriage with the Baron Lucien D'Alexandry D'Orengiani, a French nobleman. She lived out the rest of her life in Europe as a baroness and died in 1927. She was cremated and buried next to her second husband. A posthumous biography was published by The New Yorker magazine.