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Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext) | '{{about|the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt|other uses|Vanderbilt (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Family
| name = Vanderbilt
| crest = [[File:Vanderbilt Mausoleum (edit).jpg|230px]]
| caption = The Vanderbilt mausoleum at the [[Moravian Cemetery]] in [[New Dorp, Staten Island|New Dorp]], [[Staten Island|Staten Island, N.Y.]]
| region = [[United States East Coast]]
| early_forms = Van der Bilt, van Derbilt
| origin = [[De Bilt]], [[Netherlands]]
| otherfamilies =
| distinctions =
| heirlooms =
| estate = [[Vanderbilt houses]]
| meaning = ''Van der Bilt'' ("from [[de Bilt]]")
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Vanderbilt family''' is an American family of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] origin who gained prominence during the [[Gilded Age]]. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on [[Fifth Avenue]] in [[New York City]]; luxurious "summer cottages" in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], Rhode Island; the palatial [[Biltmore House]] in [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], North Carolina; and [[Vanderbilt houses|various other opulent homes]].
The Vanderbilts were once the wealthiest family in America. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the [[List of richest Americans in history|richest American]] until his death in 1877. After that, his son William acquired his father's fortune, and was the richest American until his death in 1885. The Vanderbilts' prominence lasted until the mid-20th century, when the family's 10 great [[Fifth Avenue]] mansions were torn down, and most other [[Vanderbilt houses]] were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/24/books/more-money-than-anyone-else.html|work=The New York Times| title= Review of ''Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt''|date=September 24, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt |url=https://archive.org/details/fortuneschildren01vand |url-access=registration |last=Vanderbilt |first=Arthur T., II |author-link= |year=1989 |publisher=Morrow |location=New York |isbn=0-688-07279-8 |pages= }}</ref>
Branches of the family are found on the [[United States East Coast]]. Contemporary descendants include journalist [[Anderson Cooper]], actor [[Timothy Olyphant]], musician [[John P. Hammond]] and screenwriter [[James Vanderbilt]].
== History ==
[[File:Cornelius Vanderbilt 1846 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] in 1846.]]
[[File:The Breakers Newport.jpg|thumb|[[The Breakers]], built in 1892–1895 for [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]]]]
[[File:Vanderbilt Mansion - IMG 7939.JPG|thumb|right|[[Frederick William Vanderbilt]]'s home, now known as the [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site]], [[Hyde Park, New York]].]]
{{more citations needed section|date=March 2019}}
The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (1620–1705), a Dutch farmer from the village of [[De Bilt]] in [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]], who emigrated to the Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]] as an [[indentured servant]] to the [[Wolphert Gerretse|Van Kouwenhoven family]] in 1650.<ref>Dorothy Kelly MacDowell. ''Commodore Vanderbilt and his family: a biographical account of the Descendants of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt''. 1989. University of Wisconsin</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb40EosBr90C&pg=PT70&dq "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America"], Colin Woodard. Penguin, Sep 29, 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2017</ref> Jan's village name was added to the Dutch "Van" (from) to create "Van der Bilt", which evolved into Vanderbilt when the English took control of [[New Amsterdam]] (now [[Manhattan]]). The family is associated with the Dutch [[Nederland's Patriciaat|patrician]] Van der Bilt.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://194.171.109.12/download/cbg_patriciaat_lijst.pdf |title=List of Dutch patrician families in the Nederland's Patriciaat 1910-2007/2008}}</ref>
His great-great-great-grandson [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] began the prominence of the family, the fourth of nine children born to a [[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island]] family of modest means. Through his paternal great-great grandmother Abigail Southard, he descends from [[Republic of Salé]] President [[Jan Janszoon]] and his son [[Anthony Janszoon van Salee]]. They were among the earliest arrivals to 17th-century [[New Amsterdam]]. In a number of documents dating back to this period, Anthony is described as tawny or mulatto,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G3qSTNdp1t0C&pg=PA150&dq "Origins of the Black Atlantic"], Laurent Dubois, Julius S. Scott. Routledge, Jan 11, 2013. p. 150</ref> as his mother was of [[Berbers|Berber]] origin from [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]] in the [[Kingdom of Murcia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/vansallees.html |title=The Van Salee Family|work=Frontline|publisher=PBS|accessdate= March 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/2013JanAndAnthonyJansenPublic "Jan Jansen van Haarlem and Anthony Jansen van Salee"], Brian A. Smith. Washington D.C. 2013</ref> Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a [[Merchant navy|shipping]] and [[railroad]] empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world. Starting with a single boat, he grew his fleet until he was competing with [[Robert Fulton]] for dominance of the New York waterways, his energy and eagerness earning him the nickname "Commodore", a United States Navy title for a captain of a small task force. Fulton's company had established a monopoly on trade in and out of [[New York Harbor]]. 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 America's first laws of [[interstate commerce]].
The Vanderbilt family lived on Staten Island until the mid-1800s, when the Commodore built a house on Washington Place (in what is now [[Greenwich Village]]). Although he always occupied a relatively modest home, members of his family would use their wealth to build magnificent [[Vanderbilt houses|mansions]]. Shortly before his death in 1877, Vanderbilt donated [[US dollar|US$]]1 million for the establishment of [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].
The Commodore left the majority of his enormous fortune to his eldest son, [[William Henry Vanderbilt]]. William Henry, who outlived his father by just eight years, increased the profitability of his father's holdings, increased the reach of the [[New York Central Railroad]], and doubled the Vanderbilt wealth. He built the first of what would become many grand Vanderbilt mansions on [[Fifth Avenue]], at 640 Fifth Avenue. William Henry appointed his first son, [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]], as the next "Head of House".
Cornelius II built the largest private home in New York, at 1 West [[58th Street (Manhattan)|58th Street]], containing approximately 154 rooms, designed by [[George B. Post]]. He also built [[The Breakers]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], Rhode Island.
Cornelius II's brother, [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]], also featured prominently in the family's affairs. He also built a home on Fifth Avenue and would become one of the great architectural patrons of the [[Gilded Age]], hiring the architects for (the third, and surviving) [[Grand Central Terminal]]. He also built [[Marble House]] at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
[[George Washington Vanderbilt II]], the 3rd and youngest son of [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] and youngest brother of Cornelius II, hired architect [[Richard Morris Hunt]] and landscape architect [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] to construct [[Biltmore Estate]] on 125,000 acres near [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], North Carolina. The 250 room mansion and 175,856 square feet of floor space remains on top of the [[list of largest houses in the United States]] to date.
While some of Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants gained fame in business, others achieved prominence in other ways, e.g.:
* [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915), was a passenger on the [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] and died when it sank.
*Alfred's eldest son, from his first marriage, [[William Henry Vanderbilt III]] was Governor of Rhode Island.
*Alfred's second son [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.|Alfred Jr.]] became a noted horse breeder and racing elder.
*[[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970) gained fame as a sportsman. He invented the [[Contract bridge|contract form of bridge]] and won the most coveted prize in yacht racing, the [[America's Cup]], on three occasions.
*Harold's brother [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II|William Kissam "Willie K" Vanderbilt II]] launched the [[Vanderbilt Cup]] for [[auto racing]].
*[[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019) was a noted artist, designer and author.
*Gloria's son, [[Anderson Cooper]], is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, author, and television producer and personality.
*[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]] was a sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder of the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]
In 1855, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt donated 45 acres (~182,000 m²) of property to the [[Moravian Cemetery|Moravian Church and Cemetery]] at [[New Dorp]] on [[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island]], New York. Later, his son [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] donated a further four acres (16,000 m²). The Vanderbilt [[Mausoleum]] was designed in 1885 by [[architect]] [[Richard Morris Hunt]] and landscaped by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].
== Vanderbilt family tree ==
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2019}}
{{Tree list}}
* [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (1794–1877)
** [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] (1821–1885)
*** [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]] (1843–1899)
**** Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874)
**** William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892)
**** [[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]] (1873–1942)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Vanderbilt IV]] (1898–1974)
**** [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney|Gertrude Vanderbilt]] (1875–1942)
***** [[Flora Payne Whitney]] (1897–1986)
****** Pamela Tower (1921–2013)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John LeBoutillier]] (b. 1953)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Whitney Tower]] (1923–1999)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] (1899–1992)
***** Barbara Whitney (1903–1983)
**** [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915)
***** [[William Henry Vanderbilt III|Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III]] (1901–1981)
***** [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.]] (1912–1999)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (b. 1943)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[James Vanderbilt|James Platten Vanderbilt]] (b. 1975)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[George Washington Vanderbilt III]] (1914–1961)
**** [[Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt]] (1880–1925)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cathleen Vanderbilt]] (1904–1944)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Gloria Vanderbilt|Gloria Laura Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019)
****** Leopold Stanislaus "Stan" Stokowski (b. 1950)
****** Christopher Stokowski (b. 1952)
****** Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (1965-1988)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Anderson Cooper|Anderson Hays Cooper]] (b. 1967)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} Wyatt Morgan Cooper (b. 2020)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi|Gladys Moore Vanderbilt]] (1886–1965)
***** Countess Cornelia "Gilia" Széchényi (1908–1958)
***** Countess Alice "Ai" Széchényi (1911–1974)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} Countess Gladys Széchényi (1913–1978)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1936–1999)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea]] (b. 1967)
********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone]] (b. 1998)
***** Countess Sylvia Anita Gabriel Denise Irene Marie "Sylvie" Széchényi (1918–1998)
***** Countess Ferdinandine "Bubby" Széchényi (b. 1923)
*** [[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt]] (1845–1924)
**** Florence Shepard (1869–1869)
**** Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948)
**** Edith Shepard (1872–1954)
**** Margaret Shepard (1873–1895)
**** [[Alice Vanderbilt Morris|Alice Louise Vanderbilt Shepard]] (1874–1950)
***** Dave Hennen Morris Jr. (1900–1975)
***** Louise Morris (1901–1976)
***** Lawrence Morris (1903–1967)
***** Noel Morris (1904–1928)
***** Emily Hammond Morris (1907–1995)
***** Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1911–1986)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Elliott Shepard|Elliott Fitch Shepard, Jr.]] (1876–1927)
*** [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]] (1849–1920)
**** [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964)
***** [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] (1897–1972)
****** [[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]] (1926–2014)
******* [[James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough|Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough]] (b. 1955)
******** [[George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford|George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford]] (b. 1992)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill|Lady Henrietta Mary Spencer-Churchill]] (b. 1958)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill]] (b. 1929)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill]] (1898–1956)
**** [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]] (1878–1944)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Muriel Vanderbilt]] (1900–1972)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970)
*** [[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt]] (1850–1946)
**** Florence Adele Sloane (1873–1960)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[William Douglas Burden]] (1899–1978)
****** Katharine Sage Burden (b. 1927)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Sage Sohier|Katharine Sage Sohier]] (b. 1954)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} Andrew White Burden (b. 1935)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Doug Burden|William Douglas Burden III]] (b. 1965)
**** [[Emily Vanderbilt Sloane]] (1874–1970)
***** Adele Sloane Hammond (1902–1998)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} John Vernon Bevan Olyphant (b. 1941)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Timothy Olyphant|Timothy David Olyphant]] (b. 1968)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Hammond (record producer)|John Henry Hammond Jr.]] (1910–1987)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John P. Hammond|John Paul Hammond]] (b. 1942)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Lila Vanderbilt Sloane (1878–1934)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] (1905–2000)
*** [[Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly|Florence Adele Vanderbilt]] (1854–1952)
**** Alice Twombly (1879–1896)
**** Florence Vanderbilt Twombly (1881–1969)
***** Alice Twombly Burden (1905–1905)
***** [[William A. M. Burden|William Armistead Moale Burden]] (1906–1984)
***** [[Shirley Burden|Shirley Carter Burden]] (1908–1989)
**** Ruth Twombly (1884–1954)
**** Hamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. (1887–1906)
*** [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] (1856–1938)
*** [[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza "Lila" Osgood Vanderbilt]] (1860–1936)
**** Vanderbilt Webb (1891–1956)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[James Watson Webb II]] (1884–1960)
***** Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1913–1961)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Wilmerding|John Currie Wilmerding Jr.]] (b. 1938)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[J. Watson Webb, Jr.|James Watson Webb III]] (1916–2000)
**** William Seward Webb Jr. (1887–1956)
**** Vanderbilt Webb (1891–1956)
***{{Tree list/final branch}} [[George Washington Vanderbilt II]] (1862–1914)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt]] (1900–1976)
***** [[George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1925-2020)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1928–2017)
** Emily Almira Vanderbilt (1823–1896)
*** [[William Knapp Thorn]] (1851–1911)
***{{Tree list/final branch}} Caroline Roberts Thorn (1858–1949)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Jeannette Thorn Kissel (1889–1957)
***** Aline Thorn Pease (b. 1919)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape|Kenneth Peter Lyle Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape]] (b. 1943)
***** [[Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet|Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet]] (b. 1922)
****** [[Richard Pease|Richard Peter Pease]] (b. 1958)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Nichola Pease]] (b. 1961)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} Derrick Alix Pease (1927–1998)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Jonathan Pease|Jonathan Edward Pease]] (b. 1952)
**{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt]] (1830–1882)
== Members (by year of birth) ==
''The following list includes [[Amy Vanderbilt]] (1908–1974), although it is believed she descended from either an uncle or brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt and is therefore not a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt.''
<!--this list is for members who have a Wikipedia article about them-->
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (1794–1877)
#[[William Henry Vanderbilt]] (1821–1885)
#[[Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt]] (1830–1882)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]] (1843–1899)
#[[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt]] (1845–1924)
#[[William Kissam Vanderbilt]] (1849–1920)
#[[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt]] (1850–1946)
#[[William Knapp Thorn]] (1851–1911)
#[[Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly|Florence Adele Vanderbilt]] (1854–1952)
#[[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] (1856–1938)
#[[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza "Lila" Osgood Vanderbilt]] (1860–1936)
#[[George Washington Vanderbilt II]] (1862–1914)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]] (1873–1942)
#[[Alice Vanderbilt Morris|Alice Louise Vanderbilt Shepard]] (1874–1950)
#[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney|Gertrude Vanderbilt]] (1875–1942)
#[[Elliott Shepard|Elliott Fitch Shepard, Jr.]] (1876–1927)
#[[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915)
#[[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964)
#[[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]] (1878–1944)
#[[Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt]] (1880–1925)
#[[James Watson Webb II]] (1884–1960)
#[[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970)
#[[Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi|Gladys Moore Vanderbilt]] (1886–1965)
#[[Flora Payne Whitney]] (1897–1986)
#[[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] (1897–1972)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt IV]] (1898–1974)
#[[Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill]] (1898–1956)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] (1899–1992)
#[[Muriel Vanderbilt]] (1900–1972)
#[[Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt]] (1900–1976)
#[[William Henry Vanderbilt III|Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III]] (1901–1981)
#[[Cathleen Vanderbilt|Mary Cathleen Vanderbilt]] (1904–1944)
#[[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] (1905–2000)
#[[Amy Vanderbilt]] (1908–1974)
#[[John H. Hammond|John Henry Hammond Jr.]] (1910–1987)
#[[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.]] (1912–1999)
#[[George Washington Vanderbilt III]] (1914–1961)
#[[J. Watson Webb, Jr.|James Watson Webb III]] (1916–2000)
#[[Whitney Tower]] (1923–1999)
#[[Gloria Vanderbilt|Gloria Laura Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019)
#[[George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1925–2020)
#[[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]] (1926–2014)
#[[William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1928–2017)
#[[Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill]] (1929– )
#[[Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1936–1999)
#[[John Wilmerding]] (1938– )
#[[John P. Hammond|John Paul Hammond]] (1942– )
#[[Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape|Kenneth Peter Lyle Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape]] (1943– )
#[[Jonathan Pease|Jonathan Edward Pease]] (1952– )
#[[John LeBoutillier]] (1953– )
#[[James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough|Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough]] (1955– )
#[[Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill|Lady Henrietta Mary Spencer-Churchill]] (1958– )
#[[Doug Burden|William Douglas Burden III]] (1965– )
#[[Anderson Cooper|Anderson Hays Cooper]] (1967– )
#[[Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1967– )
#[[Timothy Olyphant|Timothy David Olyphant]] (1968– )
#[[James Vanderbilt|James Platten Vanderbilt]] (1975– )
#[[George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford|George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford]] (1992– )
#[[Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone]] (1998– )
<!--this list is for notable members who have a Wikipedia article about them-->
== See also ==
{{commons category|Vanderbilt family}}
*[[Vanderbilt (surname)]]
*[[Vanderbilt University]]
*[[Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)]], fictional Vanderbilt descendant
*[[Du Pont family]]
*[[Rockefeller family]]
*[[Rothschild family]]
== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}<!--added under references heading by script-assisted edit-->
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[[Category:American railway entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:American families of Dutch ancestry]]
[[Category:Noble families]]
[[Category:Business families of the United States]]
[[Category:Family trees]]
[[Category:Episcopalian families]]
[[Category:Dutch families]]
[[Category:17th-century Dutch emigrants to North America]]' |
New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | '{{about|the family of Cornelius Vanderbilt|other uses|Vanderbilt (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Family
| name = Vanderbilt
| crest = [[File:Vanderbilt Mausoleum (edit).jpg|230px]]
| caption = The Vanderbilt mausoleum at the [[Moravian Cemetery]] in [[New Dorp, Staten Island|New Dorp]], [[Staten Island|Staten Island, N.Y.]]
| region = [[United States East Coast]]
| early_forms = Van der Bilt, van Derbilt
| origin = [[De Bilt]], [[Netherlands]]
| otherfamilies =
| distinctions =
| heirlooms =
| estate = [[Vanderbilt houses]]
| meaning = ''Van der Bilt'' ("from [[de Bilt]]")
| footnotes =
}}
The '''Vanderbilt family''' is an poop of [[Dutch people|Dutch]] origin who gained prominence during the [[Gilded Age]]. Their success began with the shipping and railroad empires of [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], and the family expanded into various other areas of industry and philanthropy. Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants went on to build grand mansions on [[Fifth Avenue]] in [[New York City]]; luxurious "summer cottages" in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], Rhode Island; the palatial [[Biltmore House]] in [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], North Carolina; and [[Vanderbilt houses|various other opulent homes]].
The Vanderbilts were once the wealthiest family in America. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the [[List of richest Americans in history|richest American]] until his death in 1877. After that, his son William acquired his father's fortune, and was the richest American until his death in 1885. The Vanderbilts' prominence lasted until the mid-20th century, when the family's 10 great [[Fifth Avenue]] mansions were torn down, and most other [[Vanderbilt houses]] were sold or turned into museums in what has been referred to as the "Fall of the House of Vanderbilt".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/24/books/more-money-than-anyone-else.html|work=The New York Times| title= Review of ''Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt''|date=September 24, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt |url=https://archive.org/details/fortuneschildren01vand |url-access=registration |last=Vanderbilt |first=Arthur T., II |author-link= |year=1989 |publisher=Morrow |location=New York |isbn=0-688-07279-8 |pages= }}</ref>
Branches of the family are found on the [[United States East Coast]]. Contemporary descendants include journalist [[Anderson Cooper]], actor [[Timothy Olyphant]], musician [[John P. Hammond]] and screenwriter [[James Vanderbilt]].
== History ==
[[File:Cornelius Vanderbilt 1846 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] in 1846.]]
[[File:The Breakers Newport.jpg|thumb|[[The Breakers]], built in 1892–1895 for [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]], [[Newport, Rhode Island]]]]
[[File:Vanderbilt Mansion - IMG 7939.JPG|thumb|right|[[Frederick William Vanderbilt]]'s home, now known as the [[Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site]], [[Hyde Park, New York]].]]
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The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (1620–1705), a Dutch farmer from the village of [[De Bilt]] in [[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]], who emigrated to the Dutch colony of [[New Netherland]] as an [[indentured servant]] to the [[Wolphert Gerretse|Van Kouwenhoven family]] in 1650.<ref>Dorothy Kelly MacDowell. ''Commodore Vanderbilt and his family: a biographical account of the Descendants of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt''. 1989. University of Wisconsin</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb40EosBr90C&pg=PT70&dq "American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America"], Colin Woodard. Penguin, Sep 29, 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2017</ref> Jan's village name was added to the Dutch "Van" (from) to create "Van der Bilt", which evolved into Vanderbilt when the English took control of [[New Amsterdam]] (now [[Manhattan]]). The family is associated with the Dutch [[Nederland's Patriciaat|patrician]] Van der Bilt.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://194.171.109.12/download/cbg_patriciaat_lijst.pdf |title=List of Dutch patrician families in the Nederland's Patriciaat 1910-2007/2008}}</ref>
His great-great-great-grandson [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] began the prominence of the family, the fourth of nine children born to a [[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island]] family of modest means. Through his paternal great-great grandmother Abigail Southard, he descends from [[Republic of Salé]] President [[Jan Janszoon]] and his son [[Anthony Janszoon van Salee]]. They were among the earliest arrivals to 17th-century [[New Amsterdam]]. In a number of documents dating back to this period, Anthony is described as tawny or mulatto,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G3qSTNdp1t0C&pg=PA150&dq "Origins of the Black Atlantic"], Laurent Dubois, Julius S. Scott. Routledge, Jan 11, 2013. p. 150</ref> as his mother was of [[Berbers|Berber]] origin from [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]] in the [[Kingdom of Murcia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/vansallees.html |title=The Van Salee Family|work=Frontline|publisher=PBS|accessdate= March 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/2013JanAndAnthonyJansenPublic "Jan Jansen van Haarlem and Anthony Jansen van Salee"], Brian A. Smith. Washington D.C. 2013</ref> Cornelius Vanderbilt left school at age 11 and went on to build a [[Merchant navy|shipping]] and [[railroad]] empire that, during the 19th century, would make him one of the wealthiest men in the world. Starting with a single boat, he grew his fleet until he was competing with [[Robert Fulton]] for dominance of the New York waterways, his energy and eagerness earning him the nickname "Commodore", a United States Navy title for a captain of a small task force. Fulton's company had established a monopoly on trade in and out of [[New York Harbor]]. 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 America's first laws of [[interstate commerce]].
The Vanderbilt family lived on Staten Island until the mid-1800s, when the Commodore built a house on Washington Place (in what is now [[Greenwich Village]]). Although he always occupied a relatively modest home, members of his family would use their wealth to build magnificent [[Vanderbilt houses|mansions]]. Shortly before his death in 1877, Vanderbilt donated [[US dollar|US$]]1 million for the establishment of [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]].
The Commodore left the majority of his enormous fortune to his eldest son, [[William Henry Vanderbilt]]. William Henry, who outlived his father by just eight years, increased the profitability of his father's holdings, increased the reach of the [[New York Central Railroad]], and doubled the Vanderbilt wealth. He built the first of what would become many grand Vanderbilt mansions on [[Fifth Avenue]], at 640 Fifth Avenue. William Henry appointed his first son, [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]], as the next "Head of House".
Cornelius II built the largest private home in New York, at 1 West [[58th Street (Manhattan)|58th Street]], containing approximately 154 rooms, designed by [[George B. Post]]. He also built [[The Breakers]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]], Rhode Island.
Cornelius II's brother, [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]], also featured prominently in the family's affairs. He also built a home on Fifth Avenue and would become one of the great architectural patrons of the [[Gilded Age]], hiring the architects for (the third, and surviving) [[Grand Central Terminal]]. He also built [[Marble House]] at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.
[[George Washington Vanderbilt II]], the 3rd and youngest son of [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] and youngest brother of Cornelius II, hired architect [[Richard Morris Hunt]] and landscape architect [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] to construct [[Biltmore Estate]] on 125,000 acres near [[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], North Carolina. The 250 room mansion and 175,856 square feet of floor space remains on top of the [[list of largest houses in the United States]] to date.
While some of Cornelius Vanderbilt's descendants gained fame in business, others achieved prominence in other ways, e.g.:
* [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915), was a passenger on the [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusitania'']] and died when it sank.
*Alfred's eldest son, from his first marriage, [[William Henry Vanderbilt III]] was Governor of Rhode Island.
*Alfred's second son [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.|Alfred Jr.]] became a noted horse breeder and racing elder.
*[[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970) gained fame as a sportsman. He invented the [[Contract bridge|contract form of bridge]] and won the most coveted prize in yacht racing, the [[America's Cup]], on three occasions.
*Harold's brother [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II|William Kissam "Willie K" Vanderbilt II]] launched the [[Vanderbilt Cup]] for [[auto racing]].
*[[Gloria Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019) was a noted artist, designer and author.
*Gloria's son, [[Anderson Cooper]], is a Peabody Award-winning journalist, author, and television producer and personality.
*[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney]] was a sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder of the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]
In 1855, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt donated 45 acres (~182,000 m²) of property to the [[Moravian Cemetery|Moravian Church and Cemetery]] at [[New Dorp]] on [[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island]], New York. Later, his son [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] donated a further four acres (16,000 m²). The Vanderbilt [[Mausoleum]] was designed in 1885 by [[architect]] [[Richard Morris Hunt]] and landscaped by [[Frederick Law Olmsted]].
== Vanderbilt family tree ==
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{{Tree list}}
* [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (1794–1877)
** [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] (1821–1885)
*** [[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]] (1843–1899)
**** Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt (1869–1874)
**** William Henry Vanderbilt II (1870–1892)
**** [[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]] (1873–1942)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Vanderbilt IV]] (1898–1974)
**** [[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney|Gertrude Vanderbilt]] (1875–1942)
***** [[Flora Payne Whitney]] (1897–1986)
****** Pamela Tower (1921–2013)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John LeBoutillier]] (b. 1953)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Whitney Tower]] (1923–1999)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] (1899–1992)
***** Barbara Whitney (1903–1983)
**** [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915)
***** [[William Henry Vanderbilt III|Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III]] (1901–1981)
***** [[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.]] (1912–1999)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (b. 1943)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[James Vanderbilt|James Platten Vanderbilt]] (b. 1975)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[George Washington Vanderbilt III]] (1914–1961)
**** [[Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt]] (1880–1925)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cathleen Vanderbilt]] (1904–1944)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Gloria Vanderbilt|Gloria Laura Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019)
****** Leopold Stanislaus "Stan" Stokowski (b. 1950)
****** Christopher Stokowski (b. 1952)
****** Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (1965-1988)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Anderson Cooper|Anderson Hays Cooper]] (b. 1967)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} Wyatt Morgan Cooper (b. 2020)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi|Gladys Moore Vanderbilt]] (1886–1965)
***** Countess Cornelia "Gilia" Széchényi (1908–1958)
***** Countess Alice "Ai" Széchényi (1911–1974)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} Countess Gladys Széchényi (1913–1978)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1936–1999)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea]] (b. 1967)
********{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone]] (b. 1998)
***** Countess Sylvia Anita Gabriel Denise Irene Marie "Sylvie" Széchényi (1918–1998)
***** Countess Ferdinandine "Bubby" Széchényi (b. 1923)
*** [[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt]] (1845–1924)
**** Florence Shepard (1869–1869)
**** Maria Louise Shepard (1870–1948)
**** Edith Shepard (1872–1954)
**** Margaret Shepard (1873–1895)
**** [[Alice Vanderbilt Morris|Alice Louise Vanderbilt Shepard]] (1874–1950)
***** Dave Hennen Morris Jr. (1900–1975)
***** Louise Morris (1901–1976)
***** Lawrence Morris (1903–1967)
***** Noel Morris (1904–1928)
***** Emily Hammond Morris (1907–1995)
***** Alice Vanderbilt Morris (1911–1986)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Elliott Shepard|Elliott Fitch Shepard, Jr.]] (1876–1927)
*** [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]] (1849–1920)
**** [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964)
***** [[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] (1897–1972)
****** [[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]] (1926–2014)
******* [[James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough|Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough]] (b. 1955)
******** [[George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford|George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford]] (b. 1992)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill|Lady Henrietta Mary Spencer-Churchill]] (b. 1958)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill]] (b. 1929)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill]] (1898–1956)
**** [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]] (1878–1944)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Muriel Vanderbilt]] (1900–1972)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970)
*** [[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt]] (1850–1946)
**** Florence Adele Sloane (1873–1960)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[William Douglas Burden]] (1899–1978)
****** Katharine Sage Burden (b. 1927)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} {{Tree list/final branch}} [[Sage Sohier|Katharine Sage Sohier]] (b. 1954)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} Andrew White Burden (b. 1935)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Doug Burden|William Douglas Burden III]] (b. 1965)
**** [[Emily Vanderbilt Sloane]] (1874–1970)
***** Adele Sloane Hammond (1902–1998)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} John Vernon Bevan Olyphant (b. 1941)
*******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Timothy Olyphant|Timothy David Olyphant]] (b. 1968)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Hammond (record producer)|John Henry Hammond Jr.]] (1910–1987)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John P. Hammond|John Paul Hammond]] (b. 1942)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Lila Vanderbilt Sloane (1878–1934)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] (1905–2000)
*** [[Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly|Florence Adele Vanderbilt]] (1854–1952)
**** Alice Twombly (1879–1896)
**** Florence Vanderbilt Twombly (1881–1969)
***** Alice Twombly Burden (1905–1905)
***** [[William A. M. Burden|William Armistead Moale Burden]] (1906–1984)
***** [[Shirley Burden|Shirley Carter Burden]] (1908–1989)
**** Ruth Twombly (1884–1954)
**** Hamilton McKown Twombly, Jr. (1887–1906)
*** [[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] (1856–1938)
*** [[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza "Lila" Osgood Vanderbilt]] (1860–1936)
**** Vanderbilt Webb (1891–1956)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[James Watson Webb II]] (1884–1960)
***** Lila Vanderbilt Webb (1913–1961)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[John Wilmerding|John Currie Wilmerding Jr.]] (b. 1938)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[J. Watson Webb, Jr.|James Watson Webb III]] (1916–2000)
**** William Seward Webb Jr. (1887–1956)
**** Vanderbilt Webb (1891–1956)
***{{Tree list/final branch}} [[George Washington Vanderbilt II]] (1862–1914)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt]] (1900–1976)
***** [[George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1925-2020)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} [[William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1928–2017)
** Emily Almira Vanderbilt (1823–1896)
*** [[William Knapp Thorn]] (1851–1911)
***{{Tree list/final branch}} Caroline Roberts Thorn (1858–1949)
****{{Tree list/final branch}} Jeannette Thorn Kissel (1889–1957)
***** Aline Thorn Pease (b. 1919)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape|Kenneth Peter Lyle Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape]] (b. 1943)
***** [[Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet|Richard Thorn Pease, 3rd Baronet]] (b. 1922)
****** [[Richard Pease|Richard Peter Pease]] (b. 1958)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Nichola Pease]] (b. 1961)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}} Derrick Alix Pease (1927–1998)
******{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Jonathan Pease|Jonathan Edward Pease]] (b. 1952)
**{{Tree list/final branch}} [[Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt]] (1830–1882)
== Members (by year of birth) ==
''The following list includes [[Amy Vanderbilt]] (1908–1974), although it is believed she descended from either an uncle or brother of Cornelius Vanderbilt and is therefore not a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt.''
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#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] (1794–1877)
#[[William Henry Vanderbilt]] (1821–1885)
#[[Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt]] (1830–1882)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt II]] (1843–1899)
#[[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard|Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt]] (1845–1924)
#[[William Kissam Vanderbilt]] (1849–1920)
#[[Emily Thorn Vanderbilt]] (1850–1946)
#[[William Knapp Thorn]] (1851–1911)
#[[Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly|Florence Adele Vanderbilt]] (1854–1952)
#[[Frederick William Vanderbilt]] (1856–1938)
#[[Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb|Eliza "Lila" Osgood Vanderbilt]] (1860–1936)
#[[George Washington Vanderbilt II]] (1862–1914)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt III]] (1873–1942)
#[[Alice Vanderbilt Morris|Alice Louise Vanderbilt Shepard]] (1874–1950)
#[[Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney|Gertrude Vanderbilt]] (1875–1942)
#[[Elliott Shepard|Elliott Fitch Shepard, Jr.]] (1876–1927)
#[[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt]] (1877–1915)
#[[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (1877–1964)
#[[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]] (1878–1944)
#[[Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt]] (1880–1925)
#[[James Watson Webb II]] (1884–1960)
#[[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]] (1884–1970)
#[[Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi|Gladys Moore Vanderbilt]] (1886–1965)
#[[Flora Payne Whitney]] (1897–1986)
#[[John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough]] (1897–1972)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt IV]] (1898–1974)
#[[Lord Ivor Spencer-Churchill]] (1898–1956)
#[[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]] (1899–1992)
#[[Muriel Vanderbilt]] (1900–1972)
#[[Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt]] (1900–1976)
#[[William Henry Vanderbilt III|Governor William Henry Vanderbilt III]] (1901–1981)
#[[Cathleen Vanderbilt|Mary Cathleen Vanderbilt]] (1904–1944)
#[[Frederick Vanderbilt Field]] (1905–2000)
#[[Amy Vanderbilt]] (1908–1974)
#[[John H. Hammond|John Henry Hammond Jr.]] (1910–1987)
#[[Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.]] (1912–1999)
#[[George Washington Vanderbilt III]] (1914–1961)
#[[J. Watson Webb, Jr.|James Watson Webb III]] (1916–2000)
#[[Whitney Tower]] (1923–1999)
#[[Gloria Vanderbilt|Gloria Laura Vanderbilt]] (1924–2019)
#[[George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1925–2020)
#[[John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough]] (1926–2014)
#[[William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil]] (1928–2017)
#[[Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill]] (1929– )
#[[Christopher Denys Stormont Finch-Hatton, 16th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1936–1999)
#[[John Wilmerding]] (1938– )
#[[John P. Hammond|John Paul Hammond]] (1942– )
#[[Peter Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape|Kenneth Peter Lyle Mackay, 4th Earl of Inchcape]] (1943– )
#[[Jonathan Pease|Jonathan Edward Pease]] (1952– )
#[[John LeBoutillier]] (1953– )
#[[James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough|Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough]] (1955– )
#[[Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill|Lady Henrietta Mary Spencer-Churchill]] (1958– )
#[[Doug Burden|William Douglas Burden III]] (1965– )
#[[Anderson Cooper|Anderson Hays Cooper]] (1967– )
#[[Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea]] (1967– )
#[[Timothy Olyphant|Timothy David Olyphant]] (1968– )
#[[James Vanderbilt|James Platten Vanderbilt]] (1975– )
#[[George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford|George John Godolphin Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford]] (1992– )
#[[Tobias Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone]] (1998– )
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== See also ==
{{commons category|Vanderbilt family}}
*[[Vanderbilt (surname)]]
*[[Vanderbilt University]]
*[[Nate Archibald (Gossip Girl)]], fictional Vanderbilt descendant
*[[Du Pont family]]
*[[Rockefeller family]]
*[[Rothschild family]]
== References ==
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