George H. V. Cecil

George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (born February 27, 1925) is the owner and operator of Biltmore Farms.

Biography

He is the first of two sons born to John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954) and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976) and is the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the founder of the Biltmore Estate. He was educated in Europe and served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon the death of his mother, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, George was given the choice of taking over Biltmore Farms (the family dairy) or the Estate. Leaving the Estate for his younger brother William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil, George chose to take ownership of Biltmore Farms which, at the time, was much more profitable. Biltmore Farms had continued to grow under George's management, transforming it into a profitable real estate business that serves the Asheville area.

He is a direct descendant of both William Henry Vanderbilt and, on his father's side, William Cecil, the chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century, through his grandparents, Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Cecil, Baroness Amherst of Hackney.

George, along with his late wife Nancy Owen Cecil, have six children: John ("Jack") F.A.V. Cecil , Edith Cecil, Catherine Cecil Taylor, Margaret Cecil Sinnott, Louisa Cecil Harrison, and Christopher Cecil.

Ancestry

Ancestors of George H. V. Cecil

16. Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter 8. William Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Exeter 17. Isabella Poyntz 4. Lord William Cecil 18. Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford 9. Lady Georgina Pakenham 19. Lady Georgiana Emma Charlotte Lygon 2. John Francis Amherst Cecil 20. William George Daniel-Tyssen 10. William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney 21. Mary Fountaine 5. Mary Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney 22. Adm. Robert Mitford 11. Margaret Susan Mitford 23. Margaret Dunsmore 1. George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil 24. Cornelius Vanderbilt 12. William Henry Vanderbilt 25. Sophia Johnson 6. George Washington Vanderbilt II 26. Rev. Samuel Kissam 13. Maria Louisa Kissam 27. Margaret Hamilton Adams 3. Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt 28. George Andrew Dresser 14. Maj. George Warren Dresser 29. Hannah Brown 7. Edith Stuyvesant Dresser 30. Daniel LeRoy 15. Susan Fish LeRoy 31. Susan Elizabeth Fish

References

• Biltmore Farms Biography
• Biltmore Estate History

External links

• Biltmore Farms