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William Henry Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 – December 8, 1885) was an American businessman [1] Known as "Billy," he was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family.
George Washington Vanderbilt II, the 4th and youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt and youngest brother of Cornelius II, hired architect Richard Morris Hunt and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to construct Biltmore Estate on 125,000 acres (51,000 ha) near Asheville, North Carolina.
William Vanderbilt may refer to: William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885), American railroad magnate; William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–92), grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt; William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901–1981), 59th Governor of Rhode Island, great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874), who died of a childhood illness at the age of five. William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892), who died of typhoid fever while attending Yale University. Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), whom his father disinherited for marrying Grace Graham Wilson (1870–1953) without his approval. [6]
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877–1915), son of Cornelius II (cenotaph only, body lost at sea in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania). Alessandro Fabbri (1877–1922), brother-in-law of Edith Shepard, daughter of Margaret. William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944), son of William Kissam. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880–1925), millionaire ...
George Washington Vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent, 1890 George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. Though there is no evidence to suggest that he referred to himself using a numerical suffix, various sources have called him both George Washington Vanderbilt II and III.
For those who are familiar with the Gilded Age, industrialists such as John D Rockefeller and William Henry Vanderbilt often characterise this time period of extreme wealth. As for women, many of ...
Frederick William Vanderbilt (1856–1938), American railroad director, son of William Henry Vanderbilt; married Louise Vanderbilt George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (1925–2020), American dairy industry businessman, son of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt and grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II