Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney, previously Straight; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist,...
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age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history. Dorothy Straight was born on May 25, 1958...
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sister, Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968). After his mother's death and his father's remarriage (of which he apparently disapproved), Whitney essentially...
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(1830–1900) Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857–1911) Eli Whitney (1765–1825) Eli Whitney Blake (1795–1886), inventor Eli Whitney Blake...
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Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), and his youngest sister Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) was married to Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918)...
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Michael Straight (redirect from Michael Whitney Straight)
(1880–1918), an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a philanthropist. Straight was educated at Lincoln...
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Flora Payne Whitney (January 25, 1842 – February 5, 1893) was an American socialite and philanthropist, originally from Cleveland, Ohio who moved to New...
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serving as New York City's Junior League president from 1907 to 1910, Dorothy Payne Whitney was nominated as the first president of AJLA. Despite the name,...
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Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (March 21, 1874 – November 22, 1916), was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was born in...
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(1880–1918) and one of the richest heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), daughter of William Collins Whitney and she inherited $15,000,000 from her father...
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1902, she married Payne Whitney, the son of William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) and Flora Payne (1842–1893). Together, Helen and Payne had a daughter and...
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Beatrice Straight (redirect from Beatrice Whitney Straight)
Poltergeist (1982). Beatrice Whitney Straight was born in Old Westbury, New York, the daughter of Dorothy Payne Whitney of the Whitney family, and Willard Dickerman...
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(1880–1918), an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a philanthropist. They divorced in 1998. Thomas Gore...
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Her sister Gertrude was married to Harry Payne Whitney, brother to Dorothy Payne Whitney, whose son Whitney Straight married Lord Winchilsea's sister...
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Straight, an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney, a philanthropist. After his mother's remarriage to Leonard Knight...
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Payne Whitney (1876–1927), who married Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) Oliver Whitney (1878–1883), who died aged 5[citation needed] Dorothy Payne Whitney...
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and Walter Weyl. They gained the financial backing of heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney and of her husband, Willard Straight (1880–1918); and Willard Straight...
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and philanthropist Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887-1968), American-born social activist and philanthropist (sometimes known as Dorothy Elmhirst) Thomas Elmhirst...
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Leonard Knight Elmhirst (category Whitney family)
Leonard married Dorothy Payne Whitney in September 1925. They had two children. He was the stepfather of racing driver and aviator Whitney Straight (1912–1979)...
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Willard Dickerman Straight (category Whitney family)
married Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a member of the prominent Whitney family, in Geneva, Switzerland. Her father was William Collins Whitney, the...
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Vanderbilt Whitney, Vanderbilt family and Whitney family heir, financier, philanthropist Dorothy Payne Whitney, Whitney family heiress, co-founder of The New...
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New Jersey Dorothy Payne Whitney, 1904. Social activist. Co-founder, The New Republic and the New School for Social Research Helen Whitney, 1961. Documentary...
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New York Times. April 26, 1935. Retrieved December 12, 2008. Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney Elmhirst, the former Mrs. Willard Straight, renounced her United...
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World War II Daniel Lawrence Whitney (born 1963), American comedian better known as Larry the Cable Guy Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), American heiress...
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Olive, Lady Baillie (category Whitney family)
uncle Harry Payne Whitney (who married Gertrude Vanderbilt); uncle Payne Whitney (who married Helen Hay); and aunt Dorothy Payne Whitney (who married...
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daughter of Lord Queenborough and Pauline Payne Whitney of the American Whitney family. She was a cousin of Jock Whitney, owner of the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup...
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January 23 Miklós Kállay, 34th prime minister of Hungary (d. 1967) Dorothy Payne Whitney, American-born philanthropist, social activist (d. 1968) January...
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(1893–1974), a noted philanthropist and educational reformer who married Dorothy Payne Whitney[citation needed] Second Lieutenant Ernest Christopher "Christie"...
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1885) Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902) December 14 – Dorothy Payne Whitney, American-born philanthropist, social activist (b. 1887) December...
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(1919–2012), Australian Olympic swimmer, writer and social campaigner Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), American social activist and lecturer Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)...
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