Name Barclay Warburton | ||
Born February 1, 1866 ( 1866-02-01 ) Philadelphia Died December 5, 1954(1954-12-05) (aged 88)
Philadelphia Employer Philadelphia Evening Telegraph Spouse(s) Mary Brown Wanamaker (m. 1895–1954) Children Mary Brown Warburton (1896–1937)
Barclay Harding Warburton II (1898–1936)
C. Egerton Warburton (1903-1973) Parent(s) Charles Edward Warburton | ||
Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (April 1, 1866 – December 5, 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Biography
He was born on April 1, 1866 in Philadelphia to Charles Edward Warburton. At the death of his father he became the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
On June 13, 1895 he married Mary Brown Wanamaker (1871–1954). They had three children: Mary Brown Warburton, (1895–1937); Barclay Harding Warburton II, (1898–1936); and C. Egerton Warburton, (1903-1973).
During the Spanish-American War he was commissioned as captain of Light Battery A of the Pennsylvania Artillery. He was mustered into service on May 6, 1898 and served with the battery in Puerto Rico from August 10 to September 3. He then returned to the United States and was mustered out with the battery on November 9, 1898.
During World War I, Warburton served as charge d'affairs for President Wilson in London from 1914 until 1917 when he became one of General Pershing's aides de camp in Paris with the rank of major. He was known by his military rank for the rest of his life.
In 1921 he was named as the Special Police Commissioner for Philadelphia by Mayor Joseph Hampton Moore.
His daughter, Mary Brown Warburton (1896–1937), died in 1937 of an overdose of heroin or morphine.
He died on December 5, 1954.