Cornelia vanderbilt

All the details—from flowers to headlines—of 10 Vanderbilt weddings.

Cornelia's second marriage was to Captain Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson in Oct. 1949. He was a Secretary at the Rothschild Bank of London and a veteran of World War I. He died in 1968. (Source: _The Last Castle_ by Denise Kiernan. ) Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt was born at the famous Biltmore Estate, August 22,...

Cornelia Vanderbilt’s marriage to the Hon. John F. A. Cecil on April 29, 1924— many hands insured that all was perfect for the big day.

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Cornelia and Cedric

A parade of more than 200 costumed partygoers mingled at Asheville’s Biltmore House on the evening of August 23, 1921, to celebrate the 21st birthday of Cornelia, the daughter of George and Edith Vanderbilt. But where was the Vanderbilt’s only child?

Vintage Tribune on Instagram: “Dr. William Haviland Morriss, of Connecticut, and his bride, the former Marion Ruger Norcross of Highland Park, on their wedding day at…”

In the history of costume, the wedding dress not only has a history all its own, but it has taken on a kind of "rock star" status. These favored garments--often carefully preserved as a family heirloom, sometimes passed down from generation to generation along with mementoes of the bride and her wedding day--have also been the subject of glossy, image-filled books, scholarly studies and museum exhibitions, extending their rather noble bearing.

Cornelia Vanderbilt on her Wedding day to John Francis Amherst Cecil, April 19, 1924

John and Cornelia Cecil and their attendants at the wedding breakfast in the Winter Garden of Biltmore House