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5. Juli 2017 · Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harry Payne Whitney were married a few weeks after Cornelius and Grace’s wedding in August of 1896 but with a big difference, her parents approved of the match. Like her older brother and his wife they also wasted precious little time establishing themselves in Newport. In December of that year it was announced that Harry had purchased The Reefs on Bellevue Avenue ...
Harry Payne Whitney had big shoes to fill both in American society and thoroughbred racing. He made it all look absolutely effortless. Born in New York City on April 29, 1872, Whitney was the eldest son of William Collins Whitney and Flora Payne. W. C. Whitney was a colossal figure in the fields of law, politics and military affairs. He also ...
15. Juni 2012 · In 1893 Flora died from a severe heart attack and Whitney remarried and moved to a home he had built at 871 Fifth Avenue so he gave it to his son Harry Payne and his wife Gertrude Vanderbilt whose parents, the Cornelius Vanderbilt IIs, lived across the street. The Whitney mansion (left) and the Vanderbilt mansion (right) Harry and Gertrude ...
Harry Whitney ärvde ett stort stall från sin far, inklusive hästar som Artful och Hamburg, och 1915 etablerade han ett stuteri i Lexington, Kentucky. Han utvecklade den amerikanska poloponnyn genom att korsa quarterhästar med fullblodsston. Han var ledande ägare i USA vid åtta tillfällen och födde upp nästan tvåhundra stakesvinnare.
In 1896 Gertrude married banker and sportsman Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930) and shortly thereafter began to devote herself to her art. Her ultimate success and status as an American sculptor belied initial public amusement at the notion of a talented wealthy society matron. She studied at the Art Students League and later, in Paris, with Auguste Rodin. She received numerous commissions for ...
Payne Whitney's estate was $191,000,000, the biggest ever recorded in the U. S. But Brother Harry Payne Whitney had more to leave behind than money. He had his reputation as the greatest sporting gentleman of the century. The horses of the man who had organized the first international polo team to defeat England, and who was the only man to win ...
0737 [1] The Payne Whitney House is a historic building at 972 Fifth Avenue, south of 79th Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed in the High Italian Renaissance style by architect Stanford White of the firm McKim, Mead & White. Completed in 1909 as a private residence for businessman William Payne Whitney ...
