Christopher Chenery
| Christopher Chenery | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 19, 1886 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1973 (aged 86) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | Pelham Manor, New York |
| Education | Randolph-Macon College, Washington and Lee University |
| Occupation | Businessman: Engineering Racehorse owner/breeder |
| Known for | Owner of Secretariat |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Bates |
| Children |
Hollis B. Chenery Margaret Carmichael Helen Bates "Penny" Chenery |
| Parent(s) | James Hollis Chenery & Ida Barnley Taylor |
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Christopher Tompkins Chenery (September 19, 1886 – January 3, 1973) was an American engineer, businessman, and the owner/breeder of record for Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat.
Chenery, the son of Ida and James Chenery, was born in Richmond and raised in Ashland, Virginia. He had three brothers, William Ludlow Chenery, editor of Collier's Weekly, Dr. Alan Chenery, and Charles Morris Chenery. (A fourth brother died young.) Chenery's sister was Blanche Chenery Perrin, a writer of children's books centered on horse racing, such as Born To Race. Chenery visited relatives at the Meadow as a child and always loved horses. He studied at Randolph-Macon College and Washington and Lee University, graduating in 1909 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering.
He began his engineering career in Virginia before moving to projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, but his career was interrupted with service in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War I. During the war, he commanded training facilities at Camp Humphries, Virginia. Afterward, he was a government consultant on engineering and construction.
On January 18, 1917, he married Helen Clementina Bates, who died in November 1967. They had two daughters, Helen Bates "Penny" Tweedy and Margaret Carmichael, and one son Hollis Burnley Chenery, an economist at the World Bank.
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