Barclay H. Warburton III explained

Barclay Harding Warburton III
Birth Date:	5 February 1922
Birth Place:	Philadelphia
Death Place:	Newport, Rhode Island
Party:	Republican
Spouse:	Margaret McKean Read (1949-1959; divorce) Lore M. Faught (1970-1983; his death)
Alma Mater:	United States Merchant Marine Academy (1942) Harvard University (1948)
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 2nd Essex district
Term Start:	1955
Term End:	1959
Predecessor:	Augustus Gardner Means
Successor:	Beatrice Corliss

Barclay Harding Warburton III (February 5, 1922  - May 1, 1983) was founder of the American Sail Training Association, now Tall Ships America.

Early life

Warburton was born to Barclay Harding Warburton II and Rosamund Lancaster. In 1936 his father died in a hunting accident.^[1] His mother later married William Kissam Vanderbilt II. In 1949, Warburton turned over his stepfather's estate, Eagle's Nest, to the public. Eagle's Nest became the Vanderbilt Museum.^[2]

Warburton graduated from St. Mark's School and the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from Harvard University in 1948.^[3]

Politics

In 1949, he and his wife, Margaret McKean Read, daughter of Margarett Sargent, moved to Saracen Farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts. From 1953 to 1955 he was a member of the Ipswich Board of Selectmen. In 1954 he was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He resigned from the House in 1959 amid a public scandal surrounding his marriage.

Sailing

After his resignation, Warburton settled in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1967, he founded the Black Pearl Restaurant, named after his yacht.^[4] In 1970 he married Lore M. Faught. In 1972, Warburton sailed to England for the international sail training races from Cowes to Kiel. Afterwards, Warburton set out to create an American sailing organization similar to the international one that organized that race. This led to him and some of his fellow sailing enthusiasts in Newport to found the American Sail Training Association. In 1976 the American Sail Training Association brought 100 Tall Ships to Newport, Philadelphia and Boston to celebrate the American bicentennial.

Death

Warburton died on May 1, 1983, at the age of 61.^[5]

See also

• 1955–1956 Massachusetts legislature

Notes and References

1. News: Hunting Gun Kills B. H. Warburton Jr.; Grandson of John Wanamaker Snags Weapon As He Seeks Game in Pennsylvania . Barclay H. Warburton Jr., 38, eldest of the three children of Major and Mrs. Barclay Warburton and a grandson of the late John Wanamaker, was fatally injured in a gunning accident while he was hunting alone this afternoon on his 94-acre farm near Doylestown. ... . . November 27, 1936 . 2011-05-26 .
2. News: Estate Turned Over to Public by Ipswich Kin of Vanderbilt. The Boston Daily Globe. August 14, 1949.
3. News: Barclay Warburton 3D, Ex-Legislator; His Group Brought Tall Ships to Boston. The Boston Globe. May 4, 1983.
4. News: A wealth of delight . Sailors try to tie up as close to Bannister's Wharf as they can, so that they can get a table at the Black Pearl (Bannister's Wharf, 200 Broadway, 401-846-5264, blackpearlnewport.com, entrees $14.50-$25) and order the clam chowder or other seafood specialties. Named after yachtsman Barclay Warburton III's brigantine rig and fitted with the restaurant equivalent of polished brass and well-oiled teak, the place feels like the inside of an old yacht. . . November 15, 2006 . 2011-05-29 .
5. News: Barclay Warburton 3rd Dies; Founder Of 'Tall Ships' Group . Barclay H. Warburton 3d, founder of the American Sail Training Association, which was the host for the 'tall ships' visit to New York in 1976 in honor of the nation's bicentennial celebration died Sunday at his home in Newport, R.I. He was 61 years old. He had a lifelong love of the sea, and after participating in Europe in the 1972 International Sail Training Races, he arranged to bring the sailing ships to Philadelphia and Newport, and last year, to Lisbon. Mr. Warburton graduated from Harvard in 1948 and was later elected to the Massachusetts Legislature. He settled in Newport and, in 1967, founded the Black Pearl restaurant there. He is survived by five children, Barclay H. 4th of Washington, D.C., Minnie of Annapolis, MD, Miranda of Pullman, Wash., and Rosemary W. Hardisty and Peter L., both of Newport. . The New York Times . May 5, 1983 . 2011-05-22 .