Florence Adele Twombly

Florence Adele Vanderbilt

Born: 1854

Brooklyn, Knigs, New York, USA

Died: 11 Apr 1952

Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA

Spouse

Hamilton Mckown Twombly

Born: 1888 in Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Died: Jul 1906 in Squam Lake, [county], New Hampshire, USA

Marriage: 21 Nov 1877 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA View Info

Children Sex Birth

Florence Vanderbilt Twombly F 1881 in [city], [county], New York, USA

Hamilton Mckowen M 1886

Hamilton Mckown Twombly M 1888 in Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly - Third daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821-1896). Last surviving grandaughter of 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), founder of the fortune. Widow of Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849-1910), railroad executive and director of fifty-nine corporations. Elegant, proud, and vastly rich; supreme hostess of New York aristocracy's golden era. Who, along with her sister, Emily Vanderbilt Sloane White; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II; and friends Mrs. Ruth Livingston Mills, and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, came to exercise complete dominance over "Old Guard" New York and Newport Society. Insisting, as did her siblings, on such architectural glories as a forty-room seaside mansion at Newport, Rhode Island; a vast country estate, "Florham", at Convent Station, New Jersey, and a New York townhouse at 1 East 71st Street - a noble palace designed by Whitney Warren, that was the last great private home to be built on Fifth Avenue. Her fleet of elegant motorcars, as well as the livery of her servitors, was in the very color (maroon) of the House of Vanderbilt. Florence Vanderbilt Twombly secured the talents of that utmost chef, Joseph Donon; pupil of Escoffier, and who was the master of Mrs. Twombly's kitchens for four decades. She did nothing to restrain her chef and his efforts were elevating; the service at table was exquisite. Her superbly run household, managed by her capable daughter, Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, who, as well, shared an affection for the lavish, ran effortlessly. Happily the farm and glasshouses at "Florham" provided the produce, meats, and flowers upon which the ultimate hostess insisted. Her fortune, providing attractive dividends from railroads and mining, permitted such luxuries during that golden evening of affluence. A way of life that is gone now, forever. Nor will it return, for the past returns not, but must live on in the perpetual inventory of wonderful things remembered.

Note: Find A Grave Memorials also entered for daughter Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly ~ and for Joseph Donon, Mrs. Twombly's chef.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 1 2018, 23:53:53 UTC

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly - Third daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821-1885), and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821-1896). Last surviving grandaughter of 'Commodore' Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), founder of the fortune. Widow of Hamilton McKown Twombly (1849-1910), railroad executive and director of fifty-nine corporations. Elegant, proud, and vastly rich; supreme hostess of New York aristocracy's golden era. Who, along with her sister, Emily Vanderbilt Sloane White; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt II; and friends Mrs. Ruth Livingston Mills, and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, came to exercise complete dominance over "Old Guard" New York and Newport Society. Insisting, as did her siblings, on such architectural glories as a forty-room seaside mansion at Newport, Rhode Island; a vast country estate, "Florham", at Convent Station, New Jersey, and a New York townhouse at 1 East 71st Street - a noble palace designed by Whitney Warren, that was the last great private home to be built on Fifth Avenue. Her fleet of elegant motorcars, as well as the livery of her servitors, was in the very color (maroon) of the House of Vanderbilt. Florence Vanderbilt Twombly secured the talents of that utmost chef, Joseph Donon; pupil of Escoffier, and who was the master of Mrs. Twombly's kitchens for four decades. She did nothing to restrain her chef and his efforts were elevating; the service at table was exquisite. Her superbly run household, managed by her capable daughter, Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly, who, as well, shared an affection for the lavish, ran effortlessly. Happily the farm and glasshouses at "Florham" provided the produce, meats, and flowers upon which the ultimate hostess insisted. Her fortune, providing attractive dividends from railroads and mining, permitted such luxuries during that golden evening of affluence. A way of life that is gone now, forever. Nor will it return, for the past returns not, but must live on in the perpetual inventory of wonderful things remembered.

Note: Find A Grave Memorials also entered for daughter Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly ~ and for Joseph Donon, Mrs. Twombly's chef.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 21 2020, 1:30:40 UTC