Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
William A. V. Cecil was the younger son of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976) and English-born aristocrat John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954). He was the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Lord William Cecil, the great-grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter.
The Cecils were descendants of William Cecil. [13] The nationally renowned organist from St. Louis Charles Henry Galloway played organ at the wedding. They divorced in 1934. [14] Cornelia Vanderbilt and Cecil were the parents of two sons: [15] George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (1925–2020), who married Nancy Owen (1930–2016). [16]
Today, the company is still run by descendants of George Vanderbilt; the president and CEO is currently Bill Cecil Jr. [5] The company employs over 2,400 people who maintain the 8,000 acres of the Biltmore Estate, hotel, winery, restaurants and shops. [5] Biltmore House is the largest privately owned home in the United States.
The historic Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, plans to welcome guests again starting on November 2, following more than a monthlong closure caused by Hurricane Helene.
William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (brother) George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (February 27, 1925 – October 19, 2020) was an American businessman who was the owner and chairman of Biltmore Farms . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The historic Biltmore Estate, built by George Vanderbilt in the 1890s and located in Asheville, North Carolina, is grappling with the devastation of Hurricane Helene.This week, the owners ...
William Ellerbe Pelham Jr., founding director of Florida International University’s Center for Children and Families, broke ground in the field of child and adolescent psychology for nearly five ...
Quartered arms of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, KG Coat of arms of William Cecil as found in John Gerard's The herball or Generall historie of plantes (1597). William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley KG PC (13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord ...