László Széchenyi
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Count László Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék was an Austro Hungarian military officer, Imperial Chamberlain, diplomat and venture capitalist. His great-uncle was Count István Széchenyi. László Szécheny
Countess and Count László Széchenyi, c. 1908.
His wife, Count Széchenyi, and Alice Roosevelt Longworth at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, 1922.
Portrait of his wife, Gladys Vanderbilt, two years before their marriage, by John Singer Sargent, 1906.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II was an American businessman, chairman and president of railroad lines. A socialite and philanthropist, he was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt famil
László Széchenyi
…capitalist. His great-uncle was Count István Széchenyi. László Széchenyi married Gladys Vanderbilt, the youngest daughter of Alice Claypoole Gwynne and Cornelius Vanderbilt II. The Count was born Széchenyi László Jenő Mária Henrik Simon on February 18, 1879 in Horpács, then a part of Austria-Hungary, a dual monarchy established…
Portrait of Vanderbilt by John Singer Sargent
Unissued bond of the Canada Southern Railway Company, signed by vice-president Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II and her daughters, Gladys and Gertrude, having tea in the library at the Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island. William Bruce Ellis Ranken, 1932
The rear facade of the Cornelius Vanderbilt II House on West 57th Street, New York