Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson (October 10, 1861 – September 13, 1948)[1] was an American heiress, social leader,[2] and prominent member of New York society.

She had one younger brother, Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, who died aboard the RMS Titanic in 1912.

She was also a great-granddaughter of John Jacob Astor, America's first millionaire, wealthy merchant Peter Schemerhorn, and Continental major and U.S.

[9] For many years, Carrie and her sister-in-law, Grace Vanderbilt, shared Box 3 at the Metropolitan Opera House, "alternating as hostess on opening night.

[11] Wilson bought the property in 1896, began construction in 1900, and the six-story limestone mansion with forty rooms was completed in 1903.

[12] A member of the Colony Club, Carrie served as the vice-president of the New York Women's League for Animals and was a director of the Beekman Street Hospital.

[4] He was the eldest son of Richard Thornton Wilson,[14] a banker from Tennessee who had served the Commissary-General of the Confederacy and became rich investing in railways (leading to claims of war profiteering).

[1] Together, Orme and Carrie had two sons:[25][26] Her husband died on April 1, 1926, in New York City,[25] and he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

[31] In his will, Carrie received their residence and all of its belongings, and their sons inherited the residual estate, including funds left by their paternal grandfather in trust for them.