Janet Jennings Auchincloss Rutherfurd (June 13, 1945 – March 13, 1985) was an American socialite. She was the half sister of the formerFirst Lady of the United States,Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and socialite PrincessLee Radziwill.

Auchincloss was born in New York City, the daughter of stockbrokerHugh D. Jr. and socialiteJanet Auchincloss (née Lee). She was named after her mother (and was referred to as "Janet, Jr" by friends and family) while her middle name was in honor of her paternal grandmother, Emma Jennings.^[1] She had a younger brother, James Lee (known as "Jamie", born in 1947). In addition to elder half-sisters Jacqueline and Caroline (known as "Lee"), from her mother's first marriage to stockbrokerJohn "Black Jack" Bouvier III, she had three elder half-siblings from her father's previous marriages: Hugh III (known as "Yusha", 1927–2015),Nina, and Thomas "Tommy" Auchincloss (born 1937).^[2][3] In the winter of 1945, Auchincloss was christened at the St. John Episcopal Church inThe Plains, Virginia, and was raised in the faith.^[1][4]

She was educated at thePotomac School inMcLean, Virginia, andMiss Porter's School inFarmington, Connecticut, thealma mater of her half-sisters Jacqueline and Lee. She went on to study music history atSarah Lawrence College before leaving in 1966 to marry.^[5] Before meeting her future husband, Auchincloss briefly dated future Secretary of StateJohn Kerry.^[6]

On August 17, 1963, Auchincloss wasformally presented to society at a ball held atHammersmith Farm, her childhood home inNewport, Rhode Island.^[7]

On July 30, 1966, she marriedLewis Polk Rutherfurd, a recent graduate ofPrinceton University and future financier.^[8] Lewis was the son of Winthrop Rutherfurd Jr. of New York andFishers Island,^[9] the grandson ofFrank L. Polk, theUnder Secretary of State inWoodrow Wilson's cabinet, and the great-grandson ofLevi P. Morton, the formergovernor of New York andvice president underBenjamin Harrison.^[10]They had three children:

• Lewis Stuyvesant Rutherfurd
• Andrew Hugh Auchincloss Rutherfurd
• Alexandra Rutherfurd

In 1966, the Rutherfurds moved toHong Kong where Auchincloss Rutherfurd taught French atChinese University of Hong Kong for two years. She also was an adviser and stockholder for theventure capital firm her husband co-founded and managed, Inter-Asia Venture Management.^[11] She later founded an overseas chapter of theLeague of Women Voters.^[12]

In August 1984, Auchincloss Rutherfurd was diagnosed withlung cancer.^[5]Despite undergoing aggressive treatments, the cancer spread to her brain and pancreas.^[13] On March 13, 1985, she died atDana–Farber Cancer Institute inBoston at the age of 39.^[12][14] Her private funeral was held on March 19 at theTrinity Church inNewport, Rhode Island, after which she was buried atCommon Burying Ground and Island Cemetery.^[5]

• Anthony, Carl Sferrazza (2002).The Kennedy White House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961-1963. Simon & Schuster.ISBN 0-743-21473-0.
• Pottker, Jan (2001).Janet and Jackie: The Story of a Mother and Her Daughter, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Macmillan.ISBN 0-312-26607-3.
• Taraborrelli, J. Randy (2018).Jackie, Janet & Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss and Her Daughters, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill. New York: St. Martin’s Press.ISBN 978-1-250-12803-4.
• von Bothmer, Bernard (2010).Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush. University of Massachusetts Press.ISBN 978-1-558-49732-0.

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• 1985 deaths
• 20th-century American Episcopalians
• American expatriates in Hong Kong
• American socialites
• Auchincloss family
• Burials at Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery
• Deaths from lung cancer in Massachusetts
• Miss Porter's School alumni
• Socialites from Newport, Rhode Island
• Socialites from New York City
• Rutherfurd family
• Sarah Lawrence College alumni

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