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Grace Graham Vanderbilt (née Wilson; September 3, 1870 – January 7, 1953) was an American socialite. She was the wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III. [1] She was one of the last Vanderbilt's to live the luxurious life of the "head of society" that her predecessors such as Alice and Alva Vanderbilt enjoyed. [2]
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman. [1] He was a member of the Vanderbilt family .
Grace Vanderbilt (1870–1953): wife of Cornelius Vanderbilt III; James A. Burden Jr. (1871–1932): 1st husband of Florence Adele Sloane; Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871–1934): 1st husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt; Dave Hennen Morris (1872–1944): husband of Alice Vanderbilt Morris
Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), son of Cornelius II. Grace Vanderbilt (1870–1953), wife of Cornelius III. Emily Vanderbilt Sloane (1874–1970), daughter of Emily. Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1874–1950), daughter of Margaret. Dave Hennen Morris (1872–1944), husband of Alice. Elliott Shepard (1876–1927), son of Margaret.
As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.
After the death of Cornelius Vanderbilt III in 1942 and his wife in 1953, [9] the house was vacant for several years until it was eventually purchased in 1961 [10] for $100,000 by the U.S. Ambassador to Austria and Luxembourg Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., [11] who immediately built a vast porch on the home. [12]
Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–1899), American socialite, heir, and businessman, son of William Henry Vanderbilt and a grandson of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt; married Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman, son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II; married ...
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