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Vanderbilt at the Plainfield Riding and Driving Club in 1911

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880 – September 4, 1925) was an American millionaire equestrian and the father of Gloria Vanderbilt. He was the founder and president of many equestrian organizations.

Life and career

He was the youngest son of Alice Claypoole Gwynne and Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt, and great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. He attended Yale University, but didn't graduate. In 1903 he married Kathleen Neilson. The couple had a daughter, Catherine, and were divorced in 1920. Vanderbilt remarried on March 6, 1923, to Gloria Morgan with whom he had a second daughter, fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt.He died in 1925 at Sandy Point Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Ancestry

Family of Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt
16. Cornelius Vanderbilt
8. Cornelius Vanderbilt
17. Phebe Hand
4. William Henry Vanderbilt
18. Nathaniel Johnson
9. Sophia Johnson
19. Elizabeth Hand
2. Cornelius Vanderbilt II
20. Peter Rutger Kissam
10. Reverend Samuel Kissam
21. Deborah Townsend
5. Maria Louisa Kissam
22. Archibald Hamilton Adams
11. Margaret Hamilton Adams
23. Maria McKinney
1. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt
12. Major David Gwynne
6. Abraham Evan Gwynne
26. Captain Abraham George Claypoole
13. Alice Ann Claypoole
27. Elizabeth Steele
3. Alice Claypoole Gwynne
28. Dr. Henry Collins Flagg
14. Henry Collins Flagg, Jr.
29. Rachel Moore
7. Rachel Moore Flagg
30. William Joseph Whiting
15. Martha Whiting
31. Martha Lyman

References

  1. ^ "Reginald Vanderbilt Dies Suddenly Today". The Meridien Daily Journal. 4 September 1925. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. "Sport:Reginald Vanderbilt". Time. 14 September 1925. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. "Arrival in Boston: Mr. and Mr. Vanderbilt Avoid the Curious by Leaving Their Train at Roxbury Crossing". New York Times. April 15, 1903. Retrieved 2010-11-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (PDF)
  4. "Reginald Vanderbilt To Wed Miss Neilson". New York Times. 4 August 1902. Retrieved 15 March 2011. (PDF)
  5. "Catherine Vanderbilt Dies in Havana". Toledo Blade. 27 January 1944. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  6. "R C Vanderbilt Sued for Divorce". New York Times. 18 August 1919. Retrieved 15 March 2011. (PDF)
  7. "Reginald C. Vanderbilt and Gloria Morgan To Wed Tomorrow". Providence News. 5 March 1923. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  8. "R. C. Vanderbilt Dies Suddenly. Succumbs in Night After Two Attacks of Internal Hemorrhage at Sandy Point Farm". New York Times. September 5, 1925. Retrieved 2010-11-06. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (pay per view)
  9. "Vanderbilt Noted For Sportsmanship". Los Angeles Times. September 5, 1925. Retrieved 2010-11-06. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, who died today at his country home in Rhode Island, was one of the leading horsemen of the country. He was president of the National Horse Show Association of America, which he organized, and also was president of... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (pay per view)
  10. "Reggie Vanderbilt Dies". Chicago Tribune. September 5, 1925. Retrieved 2010-11-06. The pasaing of another figure prominent in the sporting life of fashionable New York during the early years of the present century was chronicled today in the death of "Reggie" Vanderbilt at his summer home, Sandy Point Farm, at Portsmouth. R. I. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help) (pay per view)
  11. "Vanderbilt Dead After Hemorrhage Last Night". The Evening Independent. 4 September 1925. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

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