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William Kissam Vanderbilt II (October 26, 1878 – January 8, 1944) was an American motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt ...
William Kissam Vanderbilt's son Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970) gained fame as a sportsman. He invented the contract form of bridge and won the most coveted prize in yacht racing, the America's Cup, on three occasions. Harold's brother William Kissam "Willie K" Vanderbilt II launched the Vanderbilt Cup for auto racing.
William Kissam Vanderbilt I was born on December 12, 1849, in New Dorp, New York, on Staten Island.His parents were Maria Louisa Kissam and William Henry Vanderbilt, the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family who was the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II, the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was an auto-racing enthusiast and created the Vanderbilt Cup, the first major road racing competition, in 1904. He ran the races on local roads in Nassau County during the first decade of the 20th century, but the deaths of two spectators and injury to many others showed ...
At a party for one of William Henry Vanderbilt's daughters, Smith's best friend, Consuelo Yznaga [5] introduced her to William Kissam Vanderbilt, grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. On April 20, 1875, William and Alva were married at Calvary Church in New York City. [citation needed] The couple had three children: [citation needed] Consuelo ...
Muriel was born on November 23, 1900, in New York City. She was the daughter of William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) and Virginia Graham Fair (1875–1935). [3] Her paternal grandparents were William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Erskine Smith.
Consuelo as a child Consuelo as a teenager. Born in New York City, Consuelo was the only daughter and eldest child of William Kissam Vanderbilt, a New York railroad millionaire, and his first wife, Alva Erskine Smith, a Southern belle, budding suffragist, and daughter of Murray Forbes Smith.
William Kissam Vanderbilt II (1878–1944) Townhouse at 660 Fifth Avenue (1905) designed by Stanford White, directly north of his parents' Petit Chateau. Demolished. "Deepdale" (1904), country estate in Great Neck, New York, on Long Island. Designed by Horace Trumbauer and Carrère and Hastings.