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Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson (October 10, 1861 – September 13, 1948) [1] was an American heiress, social leader, [2] and prominent member of New York society. Early life [ edit ]
Lisle Astor Wilson Jr. (September 2, 1943 – March 14, 2010) was an American actor known for playing Leonard Taylor on the ABC sitcom That's My Mama which ran from 1974 to 1975. His film roles included appearances in Brian De Palma 's horror film Sisters (1972) and The Incredible Melting Man (1977).
In 1900, Marshall Orme Wilson hired the architectural firm of Warren and Wetmore to design a private residence for his himself and his wife, Carrie Astor Wilson, the youngest daughter of William Backhouse Astor Jr. and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor, "The Mrs. Astor of the 400". Construction of the Wilson house was completed in 1903.
In 1882, Wilson graduated from Columbia University. [2] [14] Upon his graduation, he joined his father's firm, R. T. Wilson & Co. as a banker.[1]Along with his wife, a daughter of New York Society leader Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, Wilson was considered a social leader in both New York and Newport, Rhode Island. [15]
Wilson married Polish-American actress and fellow Carnegie Mellon alumna Dagmara Domińczyk in 2005. [52] They have two sons, born in 2006 and 2009, [53] and reside in Montclair, New Jersey. Patrick’s youngest son Kassian has appeared in a few films, including Prodigal Son as Young Malcolm, and a cameo in Insidious: The Red Door. [54]
Ava Lowle Willing was born on September 15, 1868, in Newport, Rhode Island, to Edward Shippen Willing (1822–1906) and Alice Caroline Barton (1833–1903). [2] She had one older sister and two older brothers: (1) Susan Ridgway Willing (1862–1940) who married on November 3, 1899, Francis C. Lawrance Jr. (1858–1904), they had one daughter; (2) John Rhea Barton Willing (1864–1913) who died ...
The Four Hundred was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs. Astor", for many years. After her death, her role in society was filled by three women: Mamie Fish , Theresa Fair Oelrichs , and Alva Belmont , [ 2 ] known as the "triumvirate" of American society.
[20] [21] [22] Henry, a first cousin of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, was the son of the late 7th Duke of Roxburghe and Lady Anne Emily Spencer-Churchill, daughter of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Vane. [23] Robert Wilson Goelet (1880–1966), who built Glenmere mansion. In 1904, he married Marie Elise Whelen (1880–1949).