Grace Fortescue
Grace Fortescue | |
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Grace Fortescue | |
| Born | Grace Hubbard Bell November 3, 1883 Washington D.C., U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 1979 (aged 95) Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
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| Children | Thalia Fortescue Massie Marion Fortescue Viskniskki Helene Whitney |
| Parent(s) | Charles J. Bell Roberta Wolcott Hubbard Bell |
| Relatives | Gardiner Greene Hubbard (grandfather) |
Grace Hubbard Fortescue, (née Bell) (November 3, 1883 – June 24, 1979), was a New York City socialite who orchestrated the kidnapping, beating, and murder of a man who was wrongly accused of raping her daughter. After being convicted of manslaughter at a sensational trial, her ten-year sentence was commuted to a single hour by Hawaii's Territorial Governor Lawrence Judd.