Julia Grant gets her divorce

October 27, 1934

Julia Cantacuzene, a granddaughter of President Grant, was divorced today from her husband, Prince Michel Cantacuzene, on the grounds of desertion and the failure to show interest in matrimonial duties. The divorce, which was not contested, was granted by a Sarasota, Florida judge only 35 minutes after Mrs. Cantacuzene filed her petition.
She was also granted the right to resume her maiden name, and will now be known as Julia Cantacuzene Grant.

The couple have three children, Michael, who lives in Chicago, Ida Hanbury-Williams of London, and Bertha, who was recenly divorced from Robert Smith. Bertha, who lives in Sarasota, is expected to announce her engagement to Donald Mackintosh.