Caroline Suydam Berryman Spencer (December 28, 1861 – April 6, 1948) was a New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, socialite and the editor of '' Illustrated American''.

Early life

She was born as Caroline Suydam Berryman on December 28, 1861, in New Haven, Connecticut, to a very wealthy and socially prominent family. She was a daughter of Charles Henry Berryman (1833–1893) and Harriett (

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Whitney) Berryman (1838–1912). Among her siblings was Henry Whitney Berryman (husband of Edith "Esta" Green of Goole, England) and Georgiana Louise Berryman (wife of Swiss merchant

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). His paternal grandparents were Edwin Upshur Berryman and Maria (née

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) Berryman, who both died young. Her maternal grandparents were Hannah (née Lawrence) Whitney and Henry Whitney (a son of Harriet (née Suydam) Whitney and

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, one of the wealthiest merchants in New York City). Among her extended family were aunts Cornelia Lawrence Whitney (the wife of John Gerard Heckscher), Maria Whitney (wife of Robert Cambridge

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), and Caroline Suydam Whitney (wife of Cornelius

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Personal life

On October 3, 1882, She married Lorillard Spencer Jr. (1860–1912), a son of Lorillard Spencer and Sarah (née Griswold) Spencer. His paternal grandparents were Eleanora Eliza (née Lorillard) Spencer (daughter of Pierre Lorillard II) and William Augustus Spencer (son of U.S. Representative Ambrose Spencer and brother of John Canfield Spencer, the U.S. Secretary of War and Treasury). Among his siblings was sister, Eleanor Spencer (wife of Don Virginius Cenci, 6th Prince of Vicovaro) and brother William Augustus Spencer, who died aboard the RMS ''Titanic''. Together, they were the parents of several daughters who died in infancy, and a son: *

Lorillard Suydam Spencer Lorillard Suydam Spencer Sr. (July 4, 1883 - June 9, 1939) was president of Atlantic Aircraft and was prominent in Newport, Rhode Island society. He served as the military secretary to Charles Seymour Whitman, the New York Governor. Biography ...

(1883–1939), who served as president of

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and married Mary Ridgeley Sands in 1905. After their divorce in 1922, he married

Katherine Emmons Force Katherine Emmons Force Spencer (March 12, 1891 – September 8, 1956) was an American real estate investor and socialite. She was a member of the zoning board for Newport, Rhode Island. Early life Katherine Emmons Force was born on March 12, 189 ...

. * Lynette Suydam Spencer (1885–1887), who died young. * Nina Gladys Spencer (1888–1888), who died in infancy. They had a home in Newport known as Chastellux, "one of the most beautiful places in that city." After the death of her husband, who owned the '' Illustrated American'', she became a missionary in the Philippines. She died on April 6, 1948, at her home, Blue Bird Cottage, in Newport, Rhode Island. She was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berryman Spencer, Caroline 1861 births 1948 deaths American women journalists American magazine editors American socialites Writers from New Haven, Connecticut Journalists from Connecticut Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Women magazine editors Spencer family of New York