In a review for The Times, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison called the book immensely sad, noting that the author had never been poor, but in a way was as impoverished as any child in any mean slum., She never enjoyed the greatest privilege of all that of being poised and grounded in maternal love, Ms. Harrison wrote. When a former maid took the stand, she intimated that Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt may have had a lesbian relationship at which point the judge cleared the courtroom. The Vanderbilt Mansion, which sold for $32.2 million, was built just before the turn of the last century and was once owned by Ms. Vanderbilt's father, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. Eventually the Four Hundred list was published in the form of a 'blue book,' which persists today as the Social Register. After his death in 1899, Alice lived in the house alone with the thirty-seven servants needed to keep it running. Colford of Newport, Was Divorced By His Wife Last Month. While teaching Sunday school at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City, she met Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the eldest son of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. 'He drank and whored and didn't stand down from a fight.'. In infancy, she inherited a $2.5 million trust fund, equivalent to $37 million today, which she could not touch until she was 21, though her mother gained access to nearly $50,000 a year. Frederick William Vanderbilt's mansion in Hyde Park, New York (right) served as a hunting lodge. In 1903 Reginald married Cathleen Nelson. 'My mom would see her as this very glamorous figure disappearing down the hallway,' Cooper says. One son was Anderson; another, Carter Cooper, fell to his death from her Manhattan penthouse at 23. Before her parents' eventual divorce in 1920, they separated and she continued to live with her mother. Only two men appeared not in costume: William Henry 'Billy' Vanderbilt and his friend Ulysses S. Grant, who opted for simple tuxedos. SERVED IN FRENCH ARMY Bride Is the Daughter of Mrs. Frederic NeilsonGot Her Divorce in Newport Last April", "Gloria Vanderbilt, Builder of a Fashion Empire, Dies at 95", "R.C. Books for Young Adults Alva's rival for reigning Vanderbilt hostess, was her sister-in-law, Alice, who came costumed as an electric light bulb during a time when all homes were still lit by gas lamps and candles. Cooper says: 'There is something uniquely American about this faux palace, with its dcor and fixtures ripped out of the ancient homes of European royalty.' He was the youngest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) and Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845-1934). Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. When Vanderbilt was born, her father was heard to exclaim in delight, "It is fantastic how Vanderbilt she looks! Ms. Vanderbilt married Mr. Lumet in 1956. Gabriel Byrne received close to the asking price for his NoLIta apartment. The buyer used the limited liability company Millers Reagan Holdings. Ms. Nixon and Ms. Marinoni also received the nearly $3.6 million asking price for their former home at 10 Bleecker Street, a four-bedroom, three-bathroom co-op that they had owned since 2012. Anyone can read what you share. 'The Biltmore' remains America's largest home to this day. Determined to upstage her sister-in-law Alice; Alva designed her grandiose mansion after the gothic castles she saw during her childhood in France. After her father's death in 1855, her mother remarried to Albert Mathews, who wrote under the name Paul Siogvolk. The spacious apartment, on the corner of Elizabeth Street, comes with high ceilings, in-unit laundry and an abundance of closets. LED BY FATHER'S WISH Does Not Change Disposition of Trust Funds -- One Not Effective Till Mother Dies. Im not knocking inherited money, she said in 1985, but the money Ive made has a reality to me that inherited money doesnt have. It was after all the transportation industry which had produced the enormous fortune on which the Vanderbilt family still depended. The family's New York City home was an opulent mansion . She was Americas most famous non-Hollywood child in the Roaring Twenties and Depression years, the great-great-granddaughter of the 19th-century railroad and steamship magnate Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. The first corridor is built on a scale more suited to grand city hotel lobbies than to a weekend getaway house. In 1934 a . NNIis registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. As a result of the trial, William Henry's younger brother, Cornelius Jeremiah committed suicide, As inheritor of Cornelius' $100 million estate, William Henry Vanderbilt assumed control of his father's shipping and railroad interests. ', Cooper, 54, who grew up not knowing much about his family history told People: 'In some ways I wanted this to be a letter to my son'. In its place today stands a 41-story office building that was owned by Jared Kushner until 2018, In 1895, Cornelius II and Alicespent $7 million ($220 million today's money) building The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. The family fortunewasn't made until the nineteenth century when Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt, an upstart from Staten Island who quit school at the age of 11 began working in his father's ferry business. She went through another bitter custody fight, this time for her own children, and won. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880-1925), wikipedia:en:Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, Burials at the Vanderbilt Mausoleum (Moravian cemetery), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Subscribe to NNI's e-Marcurius and DAGNN-L toreceive information about New Netherland-related events, activities, conferences, and research. They survive her, as does Anderson Cooper. His wife, Alice Vanderbilt (right) reveled in her husband's wealth and wasted no time throwing it into the creation of enormous palaces on Fifth Avenue. On the Upper East Side, Mr. Brandon, formerly of Toys R Us, sold his home at 21 East 61st Street, at Madison Avenue, a.k.a. By the time Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (Gloria's father and Anderson Cooper's grandfather) was born on January 14, 1880, the family's inheritance was spread thin among the many descendants. In April 1882, Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt took his own life at the Glenham Hotel on Fifth Avenue with his male 'companion' sat in the room next door. Last year, the couple closed on a four-story townhouse on East 32nd Street, between Third and Second Avenues, in Kips Bay, for $4.4 million. Months after Gertrude's death in 1942, the Reefs (then occupied by her sister Gladys and her family) caught fire, severely damaging the mansion. Vanderbilt was born on February 20, 1924, in Manhattan, New York City, the only child of railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt of the Vanderbilt family and his second wife, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. A biography by Janny Venema, Charting New Netherland At the age of 20, Gloria Morgan was a widow and single-mother, she was legally (and emotionally) still a minor. [1] Among his siblings was Gertrude Vanderbilt (18751942), who married Harry Payne Whitney,[2] Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (18771915),[3] and Gladys Moore Vanderbilt (18861965), who married Count Lszl Szchenyi. At the age of 18 months, she inherited her fathers $5 million trust fund, worth about $63 million in todays dollars, which she shared with a half sister from her fathers first marriage. It was dubbed as 'The Trial of the Century.' [11] Before their divorce in 1920,[12] the couple had one daughter:[6] Cathleen Vanderbilt (19041944),[13] who married Henry Cooke Cushing III (18951960) in 1923. In her later years the photographer Gordon Parks, who died in 2006, was her companion. She married and divorced three men a mobster who beat her; the conductor Leopold Stokowski, who was 42 years older and preoccupied with his own career; and the film director Sidney Lumet. She devoted herself exclusively to her own pleasures. When Cornelius Vanderbilt died on January 4, 1877, he left his entire fortune estimated to be $100 million to his eldest son William 'Billy' Henry Vanderbilt. The only value left in his estate was the $5 million trust fund that Cornelius II, Reggie's father, had established for the benefit of Reggie's children. The estate-sale buyers were listed as Theo and Lisa Melas-Kyriazi. The baby girl that Reggie Vanderbilt left behind by his death in 1925 would grow up to be fashion designer, writer, artist, actress, and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt . He Had Come to This City on Monday from Newport to Attend a Railroad Meeting -- Funeral Services to be Held on Friday", The Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Whitney Museum of American Art (original building), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alice_Claypoole_Vanderbilt&oldid=1125590963, People included in New York Society's Four Hundred, Burials at the Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Pages using infobox person with multiple parents, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Shall I start with scandal, or broken dreams? Her name was Gloria Morgan and they were married three years later. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt Gladys Moore Vanderbilt: Parent(s) William Henry Vanderbilt Maria Louisa Kissam: Relatives: See Vanderbilt family: Signature; Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 - September 12, 1899) was an American socialite and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. History, Archaeology & Art illuminate a Life on the Hudson, For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. It worked. SMALL GIFTS TO FRIENDS Family Portraits Willed to Mrs. Cushing -- Present Value of Entire Estate Not Known. (Gloria collected Little Orphan Annie mugs and other memorabilia.). Ms. Vanderbilt, born in Manhattan on Feb. 20, 1924, was the only child of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt and his second wife, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. Ms. Vanderbilt later recalled that her mother rarely visited her, and that Aunt Gertrude told her once but only once, and never again that she loved her. WHITNEY DIES AT 58 OF PNEUMONIA Heir to Wealth and Prestige. But she also offered an explanation for her lifelong fascination with sex and romance. Vanderbilt was married four times and had four children, most famously her son Anderson Cooper, 54, who has devoted his life to chronicling his mother and in his words, 'I always felt it was my job to try to protect her. It really was not a stable upbringing. Thelma is also credited with, (or blamed for), introducing the prince to Wallis Simpson after asking her to 'take care of him' while she was away. Gloria Morgan's French maid testified that she saw 'Mrs. Guggenheim Guided His Start. Vanderbilt was in bed reading a paper, and there was Lady Milford Haven beside the bed with her arm around Mrs. Vanderbilt's neck and kissing her just like a lover.' Born into hardscrabble rural obscurity, Vanderbilt turned his small-scale ferry business into a massive transportation empire. 'He possessed a genius and a mania for making money, but his obsession with material wealth would border on pathological, and the pathology born of that wealth would go on to infect each successive generation in different ways.'. In a new book titled, Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, turns a journalistic eye on his own family by raising the velvet curtain on the private lives, immense tragedies, and enormous glamour of the storied and scandalous American dynasty. Many original architectural elements remain, including the oversize windows and high ceilings, exposed brick and wood columns. Though small in comparison to their gargantuan NYC home, the sprawling summer retreat is three times as big as the White House and made up of 70 rooms with sumptuous interiors. Alice, who was also raised in Cincinnati, was a daughter of lawyer Abraham Evan Gwynne and his wife, Rachel Moore Flagg. He was born into poverty in 1794, and known as aheadstrong, stubborn and manipulative child who was willing to risk almost anything to make money. The palatial residence made of limestone featured pointed turrets out of a fairy-tale castle. Despite his enormous wealth, money did not buy Corneliusrespectability among the old guard in Washington Square Park. Upon its completion in 1883, Alva hosted a masquerade ball with 1,200 guests as a housewarming party. Inherited wealth is a real handicap to happiness. But the deal for 39 East 72nd Street, a landmark, neo-Grecian building near Central Park, didnt quite go as initially planned for the investors that bought it in 2014. The place was not appropriate to my feelings about sunlight and beauty, she said, but she insisted that she still had my talent and my energy.. An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Gloria Vanderbilt was 19 when she first married. [5] After her death, her son Neily received ownership of the Gwynne Building. But first he had to go through the grand-dame of polite society, who kept him at arm's length. By the time he died in 1877, Cornelius had amassed $100 million ($2.6b in today's money) - more than the entire US Treasury at the time, 'As a kid, my mom didn't really talk about her childhood. The Grand Central Depot, which would later be finished by his son, is the iconic Grand Central Terminal of today. Dies In Home At 89. ', In 1934, 10-year-old Gloria became the centerof a sensational custody lawsuit that was heard and reported around the world, it was dubbed, 'The Trial of the Century.'. Early life. The accusations startled the crowded courtroom, The Post reported. Often Host to Royalty", "VANDERBILT WEDDING APRIL 15; Reginald Vanderbilt to be Married to Miss Cathleen Neilson in Newport", "Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt Elude the Curious by Leaving Their Train at Roxbury Crossing", "Famous Newport Villa May Be Sold for Taxes; R.C. Advertisement "Little Gloria," as she was called, was born the . He was a notoriously terrible family man. According to the book, Gloria's twin sister Thelma became the 'fast friend' and 'favoritedancing partner' of Edward, the Prince of Wales. Cornelius II and Alice had also commissioned a lavish summer retreat, The Breakers,in 1895. She quickly married the 63-year-old Stokowski, with whom she had two sons: Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski, who was known as Stan, and Christopher. The party was entertained by two orchestras and four quadrille dances. He had also headed Dominos Pizza and was athletic director of the University of Michigan. The estate of Olympia Dukakis, who died last year, sold her three-bedroom apartment there. In Midtown, the Mendelsohns paid almost $15.1 million for an apartment at Central Park Tower, at 217 West 57th Street, the latest addition by Extell Development to Billionaires Row. When her parents married in 1923, her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, was a beautiful 19-year-old socialite, already a society fixture along with an identical twin sister, Thelma. It was her happiest marriage, she often said, lasting 15 years until his death in 1978 during heart surgery. [5], Alice donated to various charitable causes. In 1914, she was responsible for the construction of the Gwynne Building in Cincinnati, Ohio, site of the first shop of Procter & Gamble and later the company's headquarters. [5], Her maternal grandparents were Frederick Neilson and Isabelle Gebhard Neilson. Among the West Village closings, Mr. Barton, Canadas ambassador to China since 2019 and formerly a managing partner of the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, sold his apartment at 147 Waverly Place, between Gay and Christopher Streets, for $12.1 million. In its 77 years of existence, The Breakers saw the equivalent of nearly $218 million evaporate into thin air. He Won Distinction as Soldier, Inventor, Engineer, Yachtsman. He made the news not for what he built but rather what he spent. In lyrical prose, she acknowledged her longing for a mother who had become as mysterious as a lover: Her face softer than any flower, the petal of her skin pulling at me with its beauty. Gloria Vanderbilt jeans soon became a $100 million-a-year business, with skirts, sweaters, jackets, linens and fragrances joining her growing product lines. Manhattan Island was not the first choice for the administrative center of New Netherland. Her book, a series of deft verbal snapshots, is a haunting lament for that primal love, a cry of the heart that speaks to the child in all of us.. [1], Alice Claypoole Gwynne was born on November 11, 1845, in Cincinnati, Ohio. holds the record for the largest private residence ever built in New York City. She and her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, had lived there until his death in 1925, after which they moved to Paris. Published: 00:18 BST, 13 October 2021 | Updated: 19:42 BST, 13 October 2021, CNN journalist, Anderson Cooper explores his Vanderbilt family history in a new book that details the epic rise and fall of the American dynasty. Her father, Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, was a 42-year-old gambler, struggling with alcohol and squandering his family fortune. One of America's Richest Men. The home would come to be known as The Marble House. Born. She often said her marriage to Mr. Cooper, which lasted 15 years until his death in 1978, was her happiest. Cathleen obtained a divorce from Lowman on June 7, 1940, in the Cuban courts. His wife Alice lived in the house alone, with only the thirty-seven servants needed to keep it running after Cornelius II's death in 1899. Vanderbilt had established a $2.5 million trust for his daughter Gloria, who had spent much of his riches via gambling and drinking. She had long since abandoned her interest when the Gloria Vanderbilt Apparel Corporation was sold to the Jones Apparel Group in 2002 for $100 million. She had two lives: one as a respectable pearl-laden grand-dame of society and the other as a bohemian downtown artist, 'who took whatever lovers she wanted, men or women,' writes Cooper. Harry was the son of Harry Cooke Cushing Jr. and Adelaide Blanche Cohnfeld, and the nephew of illustrator Otho Cushing. It was, she wrote, the final loss, the fatal loss that stripped me bare., Two other memoirs, 20 years apart, conveyed forgiveness for the mother who had neglected her in childhood and who died in 1965; the first, Once Upon a Time (1985), was dedicated to her. [21], Through his daughter Gloria, Reginald is the maternal grandfather of Leopold Stanislaus Stokowski (b. The couple had a daughter named Cathleen. 'She was the last to be born before the Depression, when the Vanderbilt riches seemed as limitless and eternal as the stars in the sky,' he says in the book. Another stunning allegation against William claimed that he attempted to soil Cornie's reputation by having him impersonated by a depravedlookalike and followed by detectives that reported his debauched habits at brothels to the Commodore. The New York Journal American composed the ditty: 'Rockabye baby/Up on a writ/ Monday to Friday, Mother's unfit/As the week ends she rises in virtue/Saturdays, Sundays, Mother won't hurt you. Within six months, he had run his own father out of the ferry business. It is as certain a death to ambition as cocaine is to morality.'. Her attorney declared that Whitney had a mania for bringing up children, pointing out that eight of her grandchildren already lived with her. She suedfor custody of little Gloria citing 'neglect and immoral influence' of her mother as cause. The new owners of the co-op are Brian Hagiwara and Bret Baughman. In 1955 she published Love Poems, largely drawn from her diaries, and appeared in television dramas, a Broadway revival of William Saroyans The Time of Your Life and a summer stock production of William Inges Picnic, directed by Mr. Lumet. And in late-March closings, the fashion designer Ralph Lauren and his wife, Ricky Lauren, bought an Upper East Side co-op apartment for $4 million from the estate of Nancy Norman Lassalle, a prominent promoter of ballet who died last year. (Her sister, Mary Cathleen Cushing, died in 1946. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt was born on January 14, 1880, on Staten Island, New York. She acted in summer stock and made her television debut in Nol Cowards Tonight at 8:30.. First, Vanderbilts own mother filed an affidavit claiming that while in Paris, her daughter paid absolutely no attention to little Gloria. "Mrs. Vanderbilt Sr. (Mr. Lumet died in 2011.). As a result, Cater Vanderbilt committed suicide at the age of 23. He married Cathleen Gebhard Neilson (1882-1927) 1 April 1903 . The restored and renovated, sandstone-clad mansion, between Madison and Park Avenues, is 27 feet wide and extends around 18,500 square feet over seven levels. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt was born in 1880. The townhouse at 39 East 72nd Street, where Gloria Vanderbilt spent part of her early childhood, was fully renovated and currently contains three apartments. vanderbilt family treeMenu. Reginald Vanderbilt was the father of Gloria Vanderbilt, and the grandfather of Anderson Cooper. 'The wharves were the crucible in which Cornelius Vanderbilt's acquisitive hunger was forged,' wrote Cooper. Family With Him At End. His siblings were Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869-1874), William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870-1892), Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (1873-1942), Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875-1942), Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880-1925) and Gladys Moore . Gertrude received the proceeds from the sale of 1 West 57th Street, totaling $7,000,000. Widow Of Financier, Long Ill. Was A Leader In Brilliant Era Of New York Society", "H.P. Born Gloria Laura Vanderbilt in Manhattan, she was the only heir of railroad heir Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt. Alva was brilliant and 'utterly ruthless' in her quest to challenge Caroline Astor's iron rule over New York's aristocracy. H.P. . Ms. Vanderbilt had two children with Mr. Cooper. He would be dead within months from cirrhosis of the liver. Death Date: September 4, 1925(1925-09-04) (aged 45) Portsmouth, Rhode Island, U.S. . [4][5], Reginald was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt (18211885), and great-grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (17941877). He died a year later in 1925 at Sandy Point Farm in Portsmouth, Long Island. [citation needed], Through his eldest daughter, Vanderbilt was the grandfather of Henry Cooke Cushing IV (19242000),[21] who was married to Georgia Walters "Georgette Windsor" (b. E-BOOKS AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON; GOOGLE: Kindle Store Pegels, PROMINENT DUTCH AMERICANS, CURRENT AND HISTORIC, EIGHT PROMINENT DUTCH AMERICAN FAMILIES: THE ROOSEVELTS, VANDERBILTS AND OTHERS, 2015, FIFTEEN PROMINENT DUTCH AMERICAN FAMILIES: THE VAN BURENS, KOCH BROTHERS, VOORHEES AND OTHERS, 2015, PROMINENT DUTCH AMERICANS IN U.S. GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, 2015, ALLIED EUROPE CAMPAIGN1944/1945: TACTICAL MISTAKES, 2017, THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE NETHERLANDS: MEMOIRS, 2017, FRENCH REVOLUTION, NAPOLEON AND RUSSIAN WAR OF 1812, 2015. Mr. di Cicco beat Gloria often, and they were divorced in 1945. Ms. Nixon, best known for her role in the Sex and the City TV series, currently appears in the new HBO series The Gilded Age. Ms. Marinoni is an activist for L.G.B.T.Q. 'She was the last living Vanderbilt who'd slept at The Breakers when it was still a private home, owned by her grandmother AliceShe was the last child to ride in cars driven by liveried chauffeurs, guarded by private detectives in overcoats and fedoras.'. The model, actress and fashion designer lived most of her life in the spotlight as one of the most chronicled socialites of the time. Alva Vanderbilt's 'Marble House' in Newport, Rhode Island (left) cost$11 million to build, which equates to an estimated $310 million in today's money.
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