William Kissam Vanderbilt
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William Kissam Vanderbilt I was an American heir, businessman, philanthropist, and horse breeder. Born into the Vanderbilt family, he managed his family's railroad investments.
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Alva Erskine Smith, first wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt
Anne (née Harriman) Sands Rutherfurd, the second wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt, ca. 1915
William K. Vanderbilt House on Fifth Avenue, New York City
Consuelo Vanderbilt
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Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was an American socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family and only daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith. Her first marriage to Charles Spe
William Kissam Vanderbilt
…1875, Vanderbilt married his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith, daughter of Murray Forbes Smith and Phoebe Ann Desha. Together, they had three children: Consuelo Vanderbilt (born March 2, 1877) William Kissam Vanderbilt II (born on October 26, 1878…
The Duchess of Marlborough (c. 1900–1905)
The Duchess of Marlborough, by Carolus-Duran (1895)
Consuelo and Winston Churchill at Blenheim Palace (1902)
The Duchess of Marlborough, by Paul César Helleu (c. 1903)