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William Preston Johnson Gibson (March 13, 1879 – February 15, 1937) was an American socialite and playwright. Born into a wealthy family, he was married successively to several society women. He served in World War I in France, receiving the Cross de Guerre. He wrote and produced several plays, and

Preston Gibson was born in Washington D.C. His father was Louisiana Senator and former Confederate general Randall Lee Gibson, and his mother was Mary Montgomery Gibson, was a daughter of the New Orleans banker Romanzo W. Montgomery and sister-in-law of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White.

inherted one milion dollars from his father.

educated Fordham University and Sheffield Scientific School, Yale. Eloped in 1900.

Married Minna Field, niece of Chicago entrepreneur Marshall Field and step-daughter of the writer Thomas Nelson Page in 1900 while in Yale, divorced in 1907.

February 24 1909 - ? Married to Grace McMillan Jarvis, granddaughter of Senator James McMillan.

Enlisted in French Army during WWI, driving an ambulance. Promoted to Captain in the U.S. Army when U.S. joined the war, and was later a private in the Marine Corps. WOn citations for bravery.

1919 -1922 Beatrice R. Benjamin (formerly Mrs. Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt), granddaughter of Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers

1925-1928 Evelyn Harris Spaulding