Editing Greer Garson (section)

==Personal life==
Garson was married three times. Her first marriage, on 28 September 1933, was to Edward Alec Abbot Snelson (1904–1992), later Sir Edward, a British civil servant who became a noted judge and expert in Indian affairs. After a honeymoon in Germany, he returned to his appointment at Nagpur, a town in central India, and she chose to return to her mother and the theatre in Britain.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Rose for Mrs. Miniver: The life of Greer Garson|last=Troyan|first=Michael|publisher=The University Press of Kentucky|year=1968|isbn=0-8131-2094-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roseformrsminive00troy/page/33 33–34]|url=https://archive.org/details/roseformrsminive00troy/page/33}}</ref> Snelson reportedly grieved at losing her and would watch multiple screenings of any film of hers that played in Nagpur. The marriage was not formally dissolved until 1943.

Her second marriage, on 24 July 1943,<ref>{{cite web|title=24 July 1943|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K82N-6BY|publisher=FamilySearch.org|access-date=19 March 2013}}</ref> was to [[Richard Ney]] (1916–2004), a young actor who had played her son in ''Mrs. Miniver''. The relationship was under constant scrutiny owing to their 12-year age difference. MGM claimed that Garson was merely three years older than Ney and tried to portray them as a happy couple, but the marriage was troubled. They divorced in 1947, after several attempts at reconciliation.<ref name="RichardNeyObituary">{{cite news|title=Richard Ney Dies; Actor, Investment Adviser|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4403-2004Jul21.html|access-date=16 February 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=22 July 2004}}</ref><ref name="Life">{{cite magazine|title=Garson Hasn't Got Ney|magazine=Life (magazine)|date=6 October 1947|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50|access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Ney eventually became a stock-market analyst, financial consultant, and author.<ref name=RichardNeyObituary/>

[[File:Buddy Fogelson and Greer Garson, 1948.jpg|left|thumb|Buddy Fogelson and Garson in 1948]]
Her third marriage in 1949<ref name="flr">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/forked-lightning-ranch.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831164917/http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/forked-lightning-ranch.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 August 2006|title=Forked Lightning Ranch|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=16 April 2011}}</ref> was to [[Buddy Fogelson|E.E. "Buddy" Fogelson]] (1900–1987), a millionaire oilman and horse breeder. In 1967, the couple retired to their [[Pecos National Historical Park#Forked Lightning Ranch|Forked Lightning Ranch]] in New Mexico. They purchased the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|US Hall of Fame]] champion Thoroughbred [[Ack Ack (horse)|Ack Ack]] from the estate of [[Harry F. Guggenheim]] in 1971,<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowen|first=Edward L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7ilgwjwtN4C&q=thoroughbred+ack+ack&pg=PA88|title=Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders|date=2004|publisher=Eclipse Press|isbn=978-1-58150-117-9}}</ref> and were successful as breeders.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Buddy Fogelson, husband of Greer Garson, dies|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/12/01/Buddy-Fogelson-husband-of-Greer-Garson-dies/5257565333200/|publisher=UPI|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> They also maintained a home in Dallas, where Garson funded the Greer Garson Theatre at Southern Methodist University.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Life and Theater of Greer Garson|last1=Anderson|first1=Porter|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1992/august/the-life-and-theater-of-greer-garson/|website=D Magazine |date=August 1992 |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> She founded a permanent endowment for the Fogelson Honors Forum at Texas Christian University (TCU), Buddy Fogelson's alma mater,<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=E. E. Fogelson; Oilman and Philanthropist|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-12-03-mn-26151-story.html|date=3 December 1987|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref> in nearby Fort Worth.

[[File:Forked Lightning Ranch Residence, Architect - John Gaw Meem, Pecos National Historical Park - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Residence at Forked Lightning Ranch, New Mexico]]
In 1951, Garson became a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. She was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], and in 1966, she was asked to run for [[United States Congress|Congress]] on the Republican ticket against [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Earle Cabell]] but declined.<ref>{{cite news|title=Greer Garson Nixes Political Career|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=627455&fcfToken=626361656c65766e34354859652b48442b73565a53786b6869765354684c2b546643784a686372476875576d536f4149624c35774b33754e696e48722f534f31|date=12 January 1966|agency=United Press International| newspaper=The San Bernardino Sun|url-access=subscription }}</ref> She was a devout Presbyterian.<ref>Michael Troyan, ''A Rose for Mrs. Miniver: The Life of Greer Garson'', University Press of Kentucky: Lexington, Kentucky (1999), pp. 8–9. {{ISBN|978-0813120942}}</ref>

During her later years, Garson was recognised for her philanthropy and civic leadership. She donated several million dollars for the construction of the Greer Garson Theatre at both the [[Santa Fe University of Art and Design]] and at Southern Methodist University's [[Meadows School of the Arts]] on three conditions: 1) the stages be circular 2) the premiere production be ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' and 3) they have large ladies' rooms.<ref>Sarvady, Andrea (2006), p. 83.</ref>

===Death===
Garson lived her final years in a penthouse suite at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, where she died from heart failure on 6 April 1996, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.apnews.com/871446ca863a999430cff58411fd9ee3 | title=Actress Greer Garson Dies After Lengthy Illness | date=6 April 1996 | work=AP News | first=Janine | last=Zuniga | access-date=30 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930220759/https://www.apnews.com/871446ca863a999430cff58411fd9ee3 | archive-date=30 September 2019 | url-status=dead }}</ref> She is interred beside her husband in the [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Dallas.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&q=greer+garson&pg=PA591|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|date=22 August 2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4}}</ref>