Cora Randolph Trimble (May 29, 1871 – December 31, 1946) was an American socialite during the

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Early life

Cora was born on May 29, 1871, and grew up at Brookwood, the family home in Mount St. Vincent on the

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. She was the daughter of Edmund Dutilh Fitz Randolph, a banker and insurance executive, and Helen Earle (

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Lothrop) Randolph. Among her siblings was Mary Welsh Randolph, who married Francis Egerton Webb, brother-in-law of Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb and the son of

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. She was descended from the Fitz Randolph family that settled in

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in the early part of the 17th century. Her paternal grandparents were Dr. Charles Fitz and Margaret (née Gooch) Randolph and her uncle was

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, a

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who became the first U.S. Army Chief of Artillery.

Society life

In 1892, Cora, who was then unmarried, was included in Ward McAllister's "

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", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ''

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''. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into

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's ballroom. She was a charter member of the

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, a member of the Huguenot Society, The Mayflower Society, and the

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Personal life

On February 14, 1900, Cora was married to Richard Trimble (1853–1924), by the Rev. Dr.

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of Trinity Church. Trimble was associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. in the formation of the

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, later serving as its secretary and treasurer. Together, they were the parents of one son and two daughters: * Richard Trimble Jr. (d. 1941), who was captain of the 1926 crew team at

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. He married Winifred Loew. * Margaret Randolph Trimble (1901–1968), who married Count Giovanni Revedin (1904–1990), the Italian diplomatic representative to Gen.

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, in 1939. * Mary Trimble, who married Perry R. Pease, a member of the Jockey Club who sat on the executive committee of the Turf and Field Club. Cora died at her home, 1020 Madison Avenue in New York City, on December 31, 1946. She was buried at the Westbury Friends Cemetery in Westbury, New York.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Randolf Trimble, Cora 1871 births 1946 deaths Gilded Age