Florence Vanderbilt Twombly | |
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.jpg) Mrs. Hamilton McKown Twombly by John Singer Sargent | |
| Born | Florence Adele Vanderbilt January 8, 1854 Staten Island, New York, US |
| Died | April 11, 1952 (aged 98) New York City, US |
| Occupation | Heiress |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | William Henry Vanderbilt Maria Louisa Kissam |
| Family | Vanderbilt |
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.
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]
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obitwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Worden, Helen (1946). "Dowager Queen". Collier's. P. F. Collier. p. 29.