Talk:James Gordon Bennett Jr.

Wife
JGB's wife was Maud Potter, from Baltimore, widow of George de Reuter, himself son of Julius Paul Reuter.

As I am French I prefer not to edit myself this article.

EricP55 (talk) 17:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree. The following two statements cannot both be true:

"Baron de Reuter had two sons, George, 3rd Baron de Reuter, and André Reuter. His only daughter, Clementine Maria, married Count Otto Stenbock, and after his death, Sir Herbert Chermside, a governor of Queensland.[7"

It could pontentially if you also include the article about Herbert Chermside, as she married him after Gordon Bennetts death, so it could be only an omission of a short marriage Cloidl (talk) 19:48, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

This would indicate Paul Reuter had two daughters: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140904415/clementine-maria-chermside Cloidl (talk) 19:48, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

from wiki article on Paul Reuter.

"He did not marry until 73 to the Baroness de Reuter, daughter of Paul Reuter, founder of Reuters news agency."

from wiki article on James Gordon Bennett

Aerostar7 (talk) 21:04, 30 September 2010 (UTC)aerostar7

Removing "greatest faux pas" comment
Are you saying the Guinness Book of World Records does NOT say this ?

Johnrcrellin 10:06, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Inconsistent statements
It is stated that Bennett founded the International Herald-Tribune, yet it is also stated that the New York Herald and New York Tribune didn't merge until after his death. If the latter is true, then the former statement makes no sense. CrashRiley 19:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps someone has already modified the offending text, but the colorful Gordon Bennett founded the forerunner of the International Herald-Tribune. He was indeed dead before the newspaper adopted that name. Dick Kimball (talk) 18:16, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Place of Death
While it is strictly true that Beaulieu-sur-Mer is located in the French departement of Alpes-Maritimes, it would be vastly more informative to describe it as being on the French Riviera, or in French, La Côte d'Azur. Dick Kimball (talk) 18:09, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Avenue Gordon Bennett
Is this avenue named after him (or someone else like his father)? It is strongly suggested but not stated explicitly.. Zargulon (talk) 21:08, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Apparently his father according to the street sign in http://parisisinvisible.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/gordon-bennett-what-strange-address.html (Google Street View does not have enough resolution) --Rumping (talk) 19:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

Eccentric behaviour
I read in Bill Bryson's book 'Made in America', on page 105 that JGB also "liked to announce his arrival in restaurants by yanking the tablecloths from all the tables he passed. He would then hand the manager a wad of cash with which to compensate his victims for their lost meals and spattered attire." I think it's a nice enough anectdote to be incorporated into the article, but I'm not sure whether quoting the sentence directly from the book would infringe upon copyright. Knightwhosaisni (talk) 17:09, 13 January 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.250.33.113 (talk) 14:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Stillman's Death vs Bennett's Death
Under the second paragraph Personal Life it quotes from a Wall Street Journal article (Ref 19). There is stated, and is repeated in this wikipage, that Stillman died a few weeks after Bennett. However, Stillman's wikipage (and other sources) indicated that he died two months *before* Bennett.LRDodd (talk) 18:10, 12 January 2022 (UTC)