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Died May 30, 1965, Washington, D.C., United States Spouse Lionel Atwill (m. 1930–1943), Douglas MacArthur (m. 1922–1929), Walter J. Brooks, Jr. (m. 1911–1919) Children Walter Booth Brooks III, Louise Brooks Siblings Oliver Eaton Cromwell, James H. R. Cromwell Parents Oliver Eaton Cromwell, Eva Roberts Cromwell Similar People Douglas MacArthur, James H R Cromwell, Jean MacArthur, Edward T Stotesbury, Arthur MacArthur - Jr | ||
Henrietta Louise Cromwell Brooks (September 14, 1890 – May 30, 1965) was an American socialite whose four marriages included seven years as the first wife of General Douglas MacArthur. She was "considered one of Washington's most beautiful and attractive young women".
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Biography
She was born around 1890 to Eva Roberts Cromwell and Oliver Eaton Cromwell. Her brother was James H. R. Cromwell, the American diplomat and first husband of Doris Duke. After her father's death her mother married Edward T. Stotesbury.
She made her debut in Washington, DC in 1910.
In 1911 she married Walter Booth Brooks, Jr.. They had two children, a son and a daughter. Brooks and Cromwell divorced in 1919.
She then married General Douglas MacArthur in 1922 and she claimed that General John J. Pershing wanted to marry her and had threatened to send MacArthur to the Philippines if they married. Pershing said the allegation was "all damn poppycock". That marriage ended in 1929.
She next married the actor Lionel Atwill, whom she divorced in 1943. In 1944 she married Alf Heiberg. That marriage also ended in divorce.
Brooks died of a heart attack in Washington, DC at the age of 75.