Cora Randolph Trimble
Cora Randolph Trimble | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 29, 1871 Mount St. Vincent, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1946 (aged 75) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Socialite |
| Spouse |
Richard Trimble
(m. 1900; died 1924) |
| Parent(s) | Edmund Dutilh Fitz Randolph Helen Earle Lothrop Randolph |
| Relatives | Wallace F. Randolph (uncle) |
Cora Randolph Trimble (May 29, 1871 – December 31, 1946) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age.[1]
Early life
[edit]Cora was born on May 29, 1871, and grew up at Brookwood, the family home in Mount St. Vincent on the Hudson River.[2] She was the daughter of Edmund Dutilh Fitz Randolph, a banker and insurance executive, and Helen Earle (née Lothrop) Randolph.[3] Among her siblings was Mary Welsh Randolph,[4] who married Francis Egerton Webb, brother-in-law of Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb and the son of Ambassador James Watson Webb.[5]
She was descended from the Fitz Randolph family that settled in Cape Cod in the early part of the 17th century.[5] Her paternal grandparents were Dr. Charles Fitz and Margaret (née Gooch) Randolph and her uncle was Wallace F. Randolph, a United States Army major general who became the first U.S. Army Chief of Artillery.[6]
Society life
[edit]In 1892, Cora, who was then unmarried, was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[7][8] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[9]
She was a charter member of the Colony Club,[1] a member of the Huguenot Society, The Mayflower Society, and the Colonial Dames of America.[10]
Personal life
[edit]On February 14, 1900,[11] Cora was married to Richard Trimble (1853–1924),[12] by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix of Trinity Church.[11] Trimble was associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. in the formation of the United States Steel Corporation, later serving as its secretary and treasurer.[10] Together, they were the parents of one son and two daughters:[1]
- Richard Trimble Jr. (d. 1941),[13] who was captain of the 1926 crew team at Harvard College.[14] He married Winifred Loew.[13]
- Margaret Randolph Trimble (1901–1968), who married Count Giovanni Revedin (1904–1990), the Italian diplomatic representative to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in 1939.[15][5]
- Mary Trimble, who married Perry R. Pease,[16] a member of the Jockey Club who sat on the executive committee of the Turf and Field Club.[17]
Cora died at her home, 1020 Madison Avenue in New York City, on December 31, 1946. She was buried at the Westbury Friends Cemetery in Westbury, New York.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "MRS. RICHARD TRIMBLE; Charter Member of the Colony Club Dies in Home at 75" (PDF). The New York Times. January 1, 1947. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Palmer, Lewis (1910). A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John & Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware) Co., Pa. ... Chester Times. p. 882. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Edmund D. Randolph, Financier and Insurance Official, Dies at 81" (PDF). New York Herald. December 21, 1919. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ Dix, Morgan; Lewis, Leicester Crosby; Morehouse, Clifford P. (1962). A History of the Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York: The rectorship of Dr. William Thomas Manning, 1908-1921. Putnam. pp. 296, 491.
- ^ a b c "Miss Margaret Randolph Trimble Married In St. Patrick's to Count Giovanni Revedin" (PDF). The New York Times. February 21, 1939. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "General Randolph Ends His Life With Pistol; Ex-Chief of Artillery, U.S.A., Blows Out His Brains in a Fit of Despondency". The New York Times. December 10, 1910. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House Incorporated. p. 225. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Richard Trimble (1872-1947)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Trimble -- Randolph" (PDF). The New York Times. February 15, 1900. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "RICHARD TRIMBLE DIES AT HOME HERE; Former Secretary-Treasurer of U. S. Steel Corporation Succumbs to Heart Disease. HAD STROKE 3 YEARS AGO A Horse Show Exhibitor and a Classmate of Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Bacon" (PDF). The New York Times. February 19, 1924. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b "RICHARD TRIMBLE, 37, FOUND DEAD IN HOME; Autopsy to Determine the Cause of Broker's Death" (PDF). The New York Times. July 18, 1941. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "ELECT TRIMBLE '26 CREW CAPTAIN". The Harvard Crimson. May 3, 1923. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "COUNTESS REVEDIN LOSES CITIZENSHIP" (PDF). The New York Times. August 4, 1950. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Country Life and the Sportsman. Country Life-American Home Corporation. 1938. p. 77. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Nichols, Joe (September 4, 1971). "Alma North Rated Pick In Belmont Race Today". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2018.