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Alva Erskine Belmont (née Smith; January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was an American multi-millionaire socialite and women's suffrage activist. She was noted for her energy, intelligence, strong opinions, and willingness to challenge convention.
Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt spent $660,000 to build their Hyde Park estate, which would be over $23 million in today's dollars. Their dining room featured one of the largest Islamic carpets in ...
Alva Vanderbilt at her official opening of the chateau in March 1883, held with a masquerade ball for 1000 guests and reportedly costing $3 million. The mansion was built for William Kissam Vanderbilt , second son of William H. Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam from 1878 to 1882. [ 4 ]
While many Vanderbilt family members had joined the Episcopal Church, [9] [10] [11] Cornelius Vanderbilt remained a member of the Moravian Church to his death. [12] [13] The Vanderbilt family lived on Staten Island until the mid-1800s, when the Commodore built a house on Washington Place (in what is now Greenwich Village).
In the 1880s, Alva Vanderbilt succeeded in rising to the top of New York society; Arabella Huntington–one of the richest women in America–did not. Why?
Through Smith, Thornton was the uncle of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont. Thornton's last marriage was to Sarah Williams Gould, the daughter William Proctor Gould and Eliza Williams Chotard. She was the widow of Samuel Merritt Gowdey. Sarah Gould Thornton outlived her husband, dying in 1885. [1] Children by Mary Amelia Glover Mary Thornton
Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement. See inside Marble House, a 50-room Gilded Age mansion that a Vanderbilt heir ...
The Duchess of Marlborough, c. 1903, by Paul César Helleu Determined to secure the highest-ranking mate possible for her only daughter, a union that would emphasize the preeminence of the Vanderbilt family, Alva engineered a meeting between Consuelo and the indebted, titled Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, chatelain of Blenheim Palace.