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Jane Norton Grew (September 30, 1868 – August 14, 1925), known upon her marriage as Mrs. J. P. Morgan Jr., was an American socialite, art collector, and dilettante horticulturalist.
Jane Norton Grew Morgan was the wife of J.P. Morgan, son of the banker and railroad owner J. Pierpont Morgan, who once referred to her as "cold roast Boston." With her husband, she lived for some years in London, where she was presented to Queen Victoria only a few years after that privilege was opened to non-aristocrats.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Jane Norton Grew (1868–1925) of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Jane Norton Grew (September 30, 1868 – August 14, 1925), known upon her marriage as Mrs. J. P. Morgan Jr., was an American socialite, art collector, and dilettante horticulturalist.
In 1890, Morgan married Jane Norton Grew (1868–1925), daughter of Boston banker and mill owner Henry Sturgis Grew. She was the aunt of Henry Grew Crosby . The couple raised four children:
The Boston-born Jane "Jessie" Norton Grew married J. P. Morgan, Jr., in 1890. Sargent painted her portrait in 1904-5 in London, where the Morgans had lived since 1898. Jessie Morgan noted in her scrapbook that Sargent "thinks it the best work he has done this year.
In 1890, J. P. Morgan, Jr. got married to Jane Norton Grew and they had four children together, two daughters and two sons, namely Jane, Junius, Henry and Frances. Henry Morgan, his son, along with Harold Stanley, co-founded the Morgan Stanley financial corporation.
