Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

Mrs. William Douglas Sloane (Emily Thorn Vanderbilt) by Benjamin Curtis Porter
Born 1852
Staten Island, New York
Died July 29, 1946
Lenox, Massachusetts
Occupation Philanthropist
Spouse(s) William Douglas Sloane
Henry White
(m. 1920; his death 1927)
Children
Parent(s) William Henry Vanderbilt
Maria Louisa Kissam

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt (1852 – July 29, 1946) was an American philanthropist and a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women in 1888 with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.[1][2]

Early life

She was born in 1852 as the fifth child, and second daughter, of William Henry Vanderbilt (1821–1885) and Maria Louisa Kissam (1821–1896). Her paternal grandparents were Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877) and his wife, Sophia Johnson (1795–1868).[3]

Philanthropy and work

She financed the creation of New York's Sloane Hospital for Women with an endowment of more than $1,000,000.[1][2] The hospital is now part of NewYork-Presbyterian / Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and still in use today.[2]

In 1885, she and her husband commissioned Peabody and Stearns to build Elm Court, the mammoth shingle-style 'cottage' in Lenox, Massachusetts.[4]

Personal life

She married William Douglas Sloane (1844–1915), the brother of Henry T. Sloane of the carpet firm W. & J. Sloane, and they had three daughters and two sons.[5] Together, they were the parents of:[3]

In 1920, after Sloane's death, she married Henry White (1850–1927), American Ambassador to France and Italy, and a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles.[7][8]

She died on July 29, 1946 in Lenox, Massachusetts.[3]

Descendants

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt Sloane White's grandchildren include Adele Hammond, paternal grandmother of actor Timothy Olyphant, Alice Frances Hammond, wife of jazz musician Benny Goodman, Rachel Hammond, wife of Manley D. Breck and cattle breeder, and John Henry Hammond II, talent scout.

Family tree

 
 
 
Cornelius Vanderbilt
1794–1877
 
 
 
Sophia Johnson
1795–1868
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Louisa Kissam
1821–1896
 
William Henry Vanderbilt
1821–1885
 
Emily Almira Vanderbilt
1823–1896
 
William Knapp Thorn
1807–1887
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Douglas Sloane
1844–1915
 
Emily Thorn Vanderbilt
1852–1946
 
Henry White
1850–1927
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Florence Adele Sloane
1873–1960
 
Lila Sloane
1879–1934
 
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane
1874–1970
 
John Henry Hammond
1871–1949
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adele Sloane Hammond
1902-1998
 
John Kensett Olyphant, Jr.
1895-1973
 
Alice Frances Hammond
1905–1978
 
Benny Goodman
1909–1986
 
Rachel Hammond
1908–2007
 
John Henry Hammond II
1910–1987
 
 
 

References

  1. 1 2 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F06EEDF153EE033A25753C2A9659C946496D6CF
  2. 1 2 3 "Open Surgical Ward in Sloane Hospital" (PDF). The New York Times. 1911-03-02. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  3. 1 2 3 Times, Special To The New York (29 July 1946). "MRS. HENRY WHITE DIES IN LENOX AT 94; Daughter of W.H. Vanderbilt, Widow of Envoy to Paris, Gave Sloane Hospital". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  5. "William D. Sloane Dies In Aiken, S. C.; New York Merchant and Financier Expires After a Short Illness, at 71. A Trustee Of Columbia. Endowed with His Wife the Sloane Hospital for Women. A Benefactor of Yale". New York Times. March 20, 1915.
  6. "LILA V. SLOANE HONORED; Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Sloane Give a Cotillion at Their Home. G. CREIGHTON WEBB LEADS The First Time Mrs. Sloane Has Bidden Guests to an Important Function Since the Death of Her Mother, Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt.". The New York Times. 15 February 1898. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. "HENRY WHITE WEDS MRS. WM.D. SLOANE; Ex-Ambassador to France Is 70 and Daughter of Late Wm. H. Vanderbilt Is 68. RELATIVES ONLY AT NUPTIAL Ceremony in St. Bartholomew's Chapel Follows Issuing of License --Couple at Bride's City Home.". The New York Times. 4 November 1920. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  8. "VANDERBILTS GIVE UP ANOTHER 5TH AV. SITE; Mrs. White's $3,500,000 Sale Leaves Family Only Two of Original Seven Homes. BENJAMIN WINTER BUYER Latest of Series of Big Deals by Him -- Only $700,000 Cash in One for $9,200,000. VANDERBILTS GIVE UP ANOTHER 5TH AV. SITE". The New York Times. 9 January 1926. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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