Euretta de Cosson Rathbone

Euretta Cecilia de Cosson Rathbone (died 2003) was a British champion ski racer and a patron of the arts.[1]

Rettles, as she was known, was born in Cairo, Egypt to the British head of Egypt's public works Claude Augustin de Cosson and Euretta Kirkbride, a Philadelphian descendant of a long line of Philadelphia Quakers.[1][2] Her grandfather was a baron.[3] She took up skiing while in finishing school in Switzerland. She became captain of the British ski team and won several events.[1]

She won a combined event in 1939.[4] She suffered a concussion in competition on Baldy Mountain in 1941.[5]

She married art museum director Perry T. Rathbone in 1945.[1][6][7] She died in 2003 after being hit by a bus. She had three children and seven grandchildren.[1]

References

  1. Globe, Boston (March 20, 2003). "Euretta de Cosson Rathbone -- ski champion of '30s". SFGate.
  2. "Clipped From St. Louis Post-Dispatch". February 11, 1945. p. 46 via newspapers.com.
  3. "The Downside Review". Downside Abbey. February 16, 1907 via Google Books.
  4. "The Ski Bulletin". Alfred B. Moorhouse, pub. October 16, 1939 via Google Books.
  5. "Collier's: Incorporating Features of the American Magazine". Crowell-Collier Publishing Company. January 16, 1941 via Google Books.
  6. TIMES, Special to TH NEW YORK (June 18, 1943). "EURETTA DE COSSON ENGAGED TO MARRY; She Will Become Bride of Lieut. Perry T. Rathbone of Navy" via NYTimes.com.
  7. The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. J. T. White. 1981 via Internet Archive. Euretta de Cosson.


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