Cynthia Cary Van Pelt Russell

Cynthia Cary Van Pelt Russell (born October 16, 1924)[1] is an American socialite, who was part of American 'High Society' in New York and Newport, Rhode Island.[2] She was married first to lawyer Charles Bingham Van Pelt,[3][4] with whom she has two sons Peter and Guy and daughter Abby,[5] and secondly to newspaper publisher Edwin F. Russell, whom she survived.[6] She is the daughter of Guy Fairfax Cary and Cynthia Roche and granddaughter of James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy; as such, she is a first cousin once removed of Diana, Princess of Wales. Mrs. Russell's home in Newport, "Elm Court" [7] was featured in a Style article of the New York Times about the updating of classic homes in that rarified community.[8] She was an active member of the Preservation Society of Newport County.[9]

Cynthia Cary Russell is also a grand niece of the writer Constance Cary.

Notes

  1. ↑ Roberts, Gary (1984). American ancestors and cousins of the Princess of Wales. Genealogical Pub. Co.
  2. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=%22Cynthia+Cary&more=date_all
  3. ↑ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70716FC3A5A1A738DDDAD0A94D0405B8788F1D3&scp=17&sq=%22Andrew+Van+Pelt&st=p
  4. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/04/style/abby-ann-van-pelt-is-bride.html?scp=2&sq=%22Charles%20B.P.%20%20Van%20Pelt&st=cse
  5. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths — CARY, GUY FAIRFAX". The New York Times. November 19, 2004.
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/25/business/edwin-f-russell-87-newspaper-publisher.html?scp=4&sq=%22Cynthia%20Cary&st=cse
  7. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E1DA1F3CE73AA15751C0A96F9C946397D6CF
  8. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/garden/02newport.html
  9. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/26/style/weddings-mary-adickes-guy-van-pelt.html
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