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Florence was born on [[Staten Island]] in [[New York |
Florence was born on [[Staten Island]] in [[New York ]] on January 8, 1854. She was a daughter of [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896).[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/01/12/104916765.pdf Hamilton Twombly, Capitalist, Dead], ”[[The New York Times]]”, January 12, 1910 Her siblings were [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II|Cornelius II]], [[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa]], [[William Kissam Vanderbilt|William Kissam]], [[Frederick William Vanderbilt|Frederick William]], [[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza Osgood]], [[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt|Emily Thorn]], and [[George Washington Vanderbilt II|George Washington II]].{{cite book|last1=MacDowell|first1=Dorothy Kelly|title=Commodore Vanderbilt and his family: a biographical account of the Descendants of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt|date=1989|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]]|location=Madison, WI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJVYAAAAMAAJ|access-date=18 September 2017}} Her paternal grandfather was the Commodore [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (1794–1877), of whom she was the last surviving grandchild when she died aged 98 in 1952. |
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 5 October 2023
American heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (January 8, 1854 – April 11, 1952) was an American socialite and heiress. She was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family.[1] She and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly built Florham, a gilded age estate in Madison, New Jersey.
In 1946, her relationship to her wealth was summarized by Collier’s: “[Twombly] owns fifteen automobiles. She pays her chef $25,000 a year. Her butler has four footmen to assist him. Her New York mansion contains seventy rooms. At one of her country places she employs more than a hundred servants. And she does not crave publicity – she hates it!”[2]
Early life[edit]
Florence was born on Staten Island in New York (state) on January 8, 1854. She was a daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896).[3] Her siblings were Cornelius II, Margaret Louisa, William Kissam, Frederick William, Eliza Osgood, Emily Thorn, and George Washington II.[4] Her paternal grandfather was the Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), of whom she was the last surviving grandchild when she died aged 98 in 1952.[5]
Residences[edit]
Florence was known for her many elaborate homes, including her townhouse at 684 Fifth Avenue in New York City that was designed by John B. Snook and given as a gift from her father, William Henry Vanderbilt. The home was sold to John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1925,[6] and has since been demolished.[3]
Her Vinland, a Romanesque “cottage” in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1882 for tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Peabody & Stearns, purchased by the Twomblys in 1896 and greatly enlarged. Interiors by Ogden Codman.[3] Now part of Salve Regina University and called McAuley Hall.[7]
Florham, an 800-acre estate in Florham Park, New Jersey, designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1897.[3] Part of it including the manor house now belongs to Farleigh Dickinson University.[8][9] At Florham, Florence had a fleet of fifteen cars, including six maroon Rolls-Royces.[10]
A second townhouse was a 70-room house located at 1 East 71st Street, New York City that was designed by Whitney Warren and has also…
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