Florence Vanderbilt Twombly
American heiress and member of the Vanderbilt family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (née Vanderbilt; 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.
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Florence Vanderbilt Twombly | |
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Born | Florence Adele Vanderbilt January 8, 1854 Staten Island, New York, US |
Died | April 11, 1952(1952-04-11) (aged 98) New York City, US |
Occupation | Heiress |
Spouse | |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | William Henry Vanderbilt Maria Louisa Kissam |
Family | Vanderbilt |
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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]