Tracing the family tree back to the genesis of their prominence brings one all the way to the business dealings of rail and shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who laid the foundation for their ...

Born in 1875 into the wealthiest family in America, Gertrude Vanderbilt married Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930), ace polo player, winning-racehorse owner, heir to millions, and bon vivant ...

In the early 1900s, the wealthy family of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney owned roughly one thousand acres on the North Shore of Long Island. The sprawling estate included a McKim, Mead & White ...

We’re the only family [each other has] left ... Gloria’s aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, eventually won custody and raised Gloria through most of her adolescence. Not long after a summer ...

Miss Vanderbilt's sister, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, was Gertrude Vander-bilt, and her marriage was the first in the family, her husband being a son of the late William C. Whitney by his first wife ...

Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family had close ties to Aiken, died July 19 at her estate in Saratoga Springs, New York, following a long illness. Known as the ...