Grace Vanderbilt

Grace Graham Vanderbilt (née Wilson; September 3, 1870 – January 7, 1953) was an American socialite.

She was the youngest child of New York banker Richard Thornton Wilson and Melissa Clementine Johnston.

[3] Neily and Grace remained married for the rest of their lives and had two children:[2] Grace and Neily rented Beaulieu House in Newport, Rhode Island, the former home of John Jacob Astor III.

[2] Following World War I, Grace and Neily frequently returned to Europe, becoming friends and guests of numerous members of European royalty including Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and his brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, King Albert I of Belgium, Crown Prince Olav of Norway, Queen Marie of Romania, the Shah of Iran, and every British monarch since Queen Victoria.

[3] In 1940, Neily sold his Fifth Avenue mansion, which he inherited from his uncle George Washington Vanderbilt II upon his death in 1914, in New York City to members of the Astor family but remained living there until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage while vacationing in Miami Beach, Florida, aboard his yacht in 1942.