Flora Payne Whitney

Flora Payne Whitney
Born(1897-07-27)July 27, 1897
New York City, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 1986(1986-07-18) (aged 88)
EducationBrearley School
Foxcroft School
OccupationPatron of the arts
Spouses
Roderick Tower
(m. 1920; div. 1925)
George Macculloch Miller III
(m. 1927; died 1972)
Children4, including Whitney Tower and Flora Miller Biddle
Parent(s)Harry Payne Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Flora Payne Whitney, also known as Flora Whitney Miller (July 27, 1897 – July 18, 1986), was an American artist and socialite,[1] art collector, and patron of the arts.

  1. ^ "Flora Whitney died in 1986, inevitably wikipeded as a 'wealthy socialite.'" Morris, Edmund (2010). Colonel Roosevelt. New York: Random House. p. 567. ISBN 978-0-375-50487-7.