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Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, later Cecil, later Bulkely-Johnson, later Goodsir (August 22, 1900 – February 7, 1976) [1] was an American born heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family who inherited the Biltmore Estate. [2] She was known for her eccentric behavior. [3]
In 1924, he married Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt at All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village. Cornelia was the only child of the late George Washington Vanderbilt II and the former Edith Stuyvesant Dresser. [3] The following year, Cornelia's mother married Peter Goelet Gerry, a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, in London. [4]
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976) George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (1925–2020) William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil (1928–2017) Emily Almira Vanderbilt (1823–1896) William Knapp Thorn (1851–1911) Caroline Roberts Thorn (1858–1949) Jeannette Thorn Kissel (1889–1957) Aline Thorn Pease (1919-2010)
George was the first of two sons born to John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954) and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976) and was the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the founder of the Biltmore Estate.
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.
Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976), daughter of George Washington Vanderbilt II Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt (1830–1882), son of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), known as "Commodore" Vanderbilt, American industrialist and philanthropist, patriarch of the Vanderbilt family; married Frank Armstrong ...
Honourable John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954), who married Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976), daughter of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser in 1924. [15] and had issue. They divorced in 1934. [16]
Cornelia was the daughter of George Washington Vanderbilt II and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser and the mother of George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil from her previous marriage to John Francis Amherst Cecil, [15] the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington, [11] who was the son of Lord William Cecil and ...