Reginald
Claypoole
"Reggie"
Vanderbilt
Born in New York City, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt, William Henry Vanderbilt II, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Gladys Moore (Vanderbilt) Széchenyi
Husband of
Cathleen Gebhard (Neilson) Colford
— married
Apr 1903 (to 1920) in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Husband of
Mercedes (Morgan) Vanderbilt
— married
6 Mar 1923 in New York, New York
Descendants 
Died
at age 44
in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2014
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Biography
Reginald Vanderbilt is Notable.
American millionaire equestrian and the father of fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt was born on 19 Dec 1880[1]. He was the youngest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Claypoole Gwynne, grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt, and great-grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. He attended Yale University, but did not graduate.
He was known as "Reggie", as noted by his grandson, Anderson Coooper.[2]
In 1903, he married Cathleen Neilson. The couple had a daughter, Cathleen Vanderbilt, and were divorced in 1920.
He remarried on March 6, 1923 to Gloria Morgan with whom he had a second daughter, fashion designer Gloria Laura Vanderbilt.
He died of cirrhosis of the liver on September 4, 1925 at Sandy Point Farm in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, having gambled and partied away the huge fortune inherited from his father.
Burial: Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond County (Staten Island), NY
Sources
"Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F84R-6Q2 : 4 November 2020), Cornelius Vanderbilt in entry for Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, ; citing Death, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 004248689.
- ↑ US Passport Applications 1795-1925, New York, Passenger Lists 1820-1957
- ↑ Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderon Cooper and Katherine Howe, 2021 HarperCollins New York
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reginald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reginald:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Reginald by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Reginald:
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