Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd was an American socialite from New York, best known for his romance with Consuelo Vanderbilt and his marriage to Lucy Mercer, mistress to American President Franklin D Roosevelt.
10 Facts About Winthrop Rutherfurd
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Winthrop Rutherfurd was the youngest son of seven children born to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd and Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd was the great-grandson of US Senator John Rutherfurd and 2x great-grandson of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd's mother was the niece and adopted daughter of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant, the 2x great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant and Helena Rutherfurd Stuyvesant.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd was a graduate of Columbia College in 1884.
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In 1907, Winthrop Rutherfurd won the first Best in Show prize of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with his fox terrier Warren Remedy, who would win in 1908 and 1909.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd then remained a bachelor until age 40, reportedly having numerous affairs with married socialites, including Ava Astor.
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In 1902, Winthrop Rutherfurd married Alice Morton, the fourth daughter of former US Vice President Levi Parsons Morton and Anna Livingston Reade Street.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd soon proposed to Mercer, who was almost three decades younger, and Mercer accepted.
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Winthrop Rutherfurd died in Aiken on March 19,1944, after a long period of failing health.