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George Alexis Weymouth (born June 2, 1936) known better as Frolic Weymouth, is an American artist, whip or stager, and conservationist. He served on the United States Commission of Fine Arts in the 1970s and is a member of the prominent Du Pont family. ==Family and personal life== His mother, Dulcinea "Deo" Ophelia Payne du Pont (November 28, 1909 – February 8, 1981), was the eldest of Eugene du Pont, Jr.’s four daughters. Frolic is six generations removed from Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the DuPont corporation. In 1930, Dulcinea married investment banker George T. Weymouth (December 14, 1904-June 7, 1990). Weymouth was christened George Alexis Weymouth. Shortly after George's birth, his 3-year-old brother, Gene, lost his foxhound. After repeatedly asking his mother, "Where’s Frolic?" his exasperated mother replied, "Shut up! Here’s your damn Frolic!" and thrust George before Gene. The name stuck. Thus Weymouth is named after a dog and the common misconception that the name resulted from his conception is incorrect. Weymouth graduated from St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts in 1954. He received his undergraduate degree in American studies from Yale University in 1958. Weymouth suffers from dyslexia, but being from a prominent family enabled him to attend Yale. "I couldn't read and write or spell. I still can't. I don't know anything but painting pictures and being on a horse," he said in 2007.〔 Weymouth maintains "it’s no big deal" being a du Pont. In 2000, 3,700 members of the Du dont family attended a reunion at Longwood Gardens. Several years later he wondered "How many there are now? Du Ponts have always been busy in bed."〔 Weymouth was married to Anna Brelsford McCoy for 18 years until their divorce in 1979. He has one son, Mac, whom he adopted.〔 He resides in an 18th-century on a -estate called "Big Bend" in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, that he purchased in 1961. According to Weymouth, William Penn originally purchased the land from the Native American Lenape tribe in 1683. Big Bend was the Lenape's original term for the land, which lies along the Brandywine Creek. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Alexis Weymouth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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