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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 York City and married into the Whitney family. She was the daughter of Henry B. Payne, a U.S. Senator, and the wife of William Collins Whitney, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
Flora Payne Whitney, also known as Flora Whitney Miller (July 27, 1897 – July 18, 1986), was an American artist and socialite, art collector, and patron of the arts.
American sculptor and art patron who was president of New York 's Whitney Museum of American Art for 25 years . Name variations: Flora Whitney Miller.
Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986) was engaged to marry Quentin Roosevelt before he was killed in World War I. Flora, called “Fouf” by Quentin, grew up in an extremely wealthy home as the granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the daughter of Gertrude Vanderbilt and Harry Payne Whitney.
Jul 14, 2018 · Captain Tower was in New York when Quentin Roosevelt died. In a letter to Roosevelt’s fiancée, Flora Payne Whitney, postmarked July 17, 1918, he wrote: “…Q [Quentin] had a trifle more than done his part, and had attained the mark for which many thousands are reaching.
Nov 5, 2009 · Flora Payne Whitney saved every one of Quentin’s letters to her. She became a surrogate member of the Roosevelt family for a time, nursing her own pain and comforting Theodore...
Flora Payne Whitney Tower Miller (1897-1986) was the eldest child of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Harry Payne Whitney. She was the fiancée of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of American president Theodore Roosevelt, at the time of his death in World War One as a pilot at the German front.
