Miss Nancy Leeds Officer's Fiancee.
MISS NANCY LEEDS
OFFICER'S FIANCEE
Daughter of Princess Xenia
and W. B. Leeds Engaged to
Lieut. E. J. Wynkoop Jr.
Princess Xenia of Russia, who resides in this city and Glen Cove, L. I., has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Nancy Helen Marie Leeds, to Lieut. Edward Judson Wynkoop Jr., USNR, son of Dr. and Mrs. Wynkoop of Syracuse, N. Y.
Miss Leeds, daughter also of Lieut. Comdr. William B. Leeds, USCGR, of this city, attended the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conn., and is a senior at Sarah Lawrence College. Through her mother, a member of the Romanoff family, she is a granddaughter of the late Grand Duke George Michaelovitch of Russia and Princess Marie of Greece and Denmark. On the paternal side the bride-elect is a granddaughter of the late William B. Leeds, tin plate executive, and the late Princess Anastasia of Greece.
Lieutenant Wynkoop was graduated from Hamilton College. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan G. Wynkoop and Mr. and Mrs. Kingman Niver of Syracuse.
Source:
Unknown, "Miss Nancy Leeds Officer's Fiancee," The New York Times, New York, Wednesday, 18 September 1945, p. 27.
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