Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.

Known as Reggie, he was the youngest son of American railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt II and his wife Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845-1934). He attended Yale University, where he acquired a reputation for dissipation—and no diploma.

His first wife, whom he married on April 14, 1903, was Cathleen G. Neilson. They had a daughter, Cathleen (1904-1944), and were divorced in 1919. His second wife, whom he married in 1923, was Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan (1904-1965). By the time Reggie Vanderbilt met her, he had already squandered the $7 million willed to him by his late father and was using up a $5 million trust set up for him by his grandfather.

A horse enthusiast, he lived at Sandy Point Farm, in Newport, Rhode Island and in 1917, founded the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF).

Reginald Vanderbilt died of liver failure due to alcohol abuse and was interred in the Vanderbilt family vault in the Moravian Cemetery at New Dorp on Staten Island, New York.

He left a $4 million Trust for his daughter Gloria to be administered by her mother but it caused a much publicized court case for the custody of his daughter with his sister, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney who eventually won custody in 1934.

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt

Born: 1880

Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA

Died: 1925

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Spouse 1

Cathleen Gebhart Neilson

Born: 1884

Died: 1927 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Marriage: 1903 View Info

Children Sex Birth

Cathleen Vanderbilt F 1904

Spouse 2

Gloria Laura Morgan

Born: 1905 in Lucerne, Switzerland

Died: 13 Feb 1965 in Los Angeles, [county], California, USA

Marriage: 6 Mar 1923 in New York, [county], New York, USA View Info

Children Sex Birth

Living Vanderbilt F

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt

Born: 1880

Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA

Died: 1925

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Spouse 1

Cathleen Gebhart Neilson

Born: 1884

Died: 1927 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Marriage: 1903 View Info

Children Sex Birth

Cathleen Vanderbilt F 1904

Spouse 2

Gloria Laura Morgan

Born: 1905 in Lucerne, Switzerland

Died: 13 Feb 1965 in Los Angeles, [county], California, USA

Marriage: 6 Mar 1923 in New York, [county], New York, USA View Info

Children Sex Birth

Living Vanderbilt F

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt

1880 + 1925*

Parents

Father: Cornelius Vanderbilt * 27.11.1843

Mother: Alice Claypoole Gwynne * 1845

MarriagesMarriage I:

Cathleen Gebhardt Neilson * 1882

Marriage II: 1923

Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan * 23.08.1904

Children

Children from Marriage I:

Mary Cathleen Vanderbilt * 1904

Children from Marriage II:

Gloria Laura Vanderbilt * 20.02.1924 Sidney Lumet Pasquale DiCicco Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz Wyatt Emory Cooper

Died of lIver failure due to alcohol abuse.

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