70 WITH MR. CHAMBERLAIN IN THE 



Mountain ; another preserve of some 16,000 acres in 

 the Adirondacks ; a lodge and private golf links at 

 Blue Mountain Lake ; a stock farm in the Blue 

 Grass Country, Kentucky ; and a palatial residence 

 in 5th Avenue, New York. 



In 1869 he married Miss Flora Payne, daughter of 

 an opulent Ohio Senator and one of the earliest and 

 largest owners of the Standard Oil Trust. She 

 brought him a large fortune. She was a perfect 

 hostess, rather stout, graceful and engaging in con- 

 versation, and universally beloved. I have already 

 observed that she reminded me very much of the 

 late Lady Salisbury in her halcyon days. She died 

 in 1892, leaving four children. Her eldest daughter 

 became Mrs. Almeric Paget. Her eldest son, 

 Harry Payne Whitney, married the eldest daughter 

 of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her second son married 

 a daughter of Colonel John Hay. 



Mr. W. C. Whitney married again in 1896 Mrs. 

 Randolph, widow of Captain Arthur Randolph of 

 East Court, Wilts. She was formerly a Miss May, 

 a well-known beauty from one of the Southern 

 States. This poor lady met with a terrible riding 

 accident while hunting in South Carolina : her 

 horse bolted with her, and ran under a low bridge, 

 sweeping her from the saddle and inflicting terrible 



