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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]
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 ...
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]
Vanderbilt, based in New Jersey at the time, flouted the law, steaming in and out of the harbor under a flag that read, "New Jersey Must Be Free!" He also hired the attorney Daniel Webster to argue his case before the United States Supreme Court ; Vanderbilt won, thereby establishing an early precedent for the United States' first laws of ...
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. He was educated in Europe, attended the University of Edinburgh, and served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon ...
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 ...
Cathleen Vanderbilt; CBS Studio Building; Chompion; Christopher Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea; HMY Conqueror II; Consuelo Vanderbilt; Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt II; Cornelius Vanderbilt III; Cornelius Vanderbilt IV; Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt; Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; Consuelo Costin
The Hon. Mrs John Francis Amherst Cecil (née Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt) on 29 April 1924 [424] Princess Viggo of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Countess af Rosenborg (née Eleanor Margaret Green) on 10 June 1924 [425] Barbara Stuart, Countess of Moray (née Barbara Murray) on 21 June 1924 [426]