Whitney family

• Amos Whitney (1832–1920) • Anne Whitney (1821–1915) • Asa Whitney (1791–1874), canal commissioner • Asa Whitney (1797–1872) • Benson Whitney (born 1956) • Charlotte Anita Whitney (1867–1955) • Charles Andrew Whitney (1834–1912) • Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992) • Courtney Whitney (1897–1969) • David Whitney Jr. (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, Jr. (1836–1895), scientist • Eli Whitney Debevoise II (born 1953) • Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986) • Whitney Tower (1923–1999) • Flora Miller Biddle (born 1928) • Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930) • Hassler Whitney (1907–1989) • Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923) • James Scollay Whitney (1811–1878) • Joan Whitney Payson (1903–1975) • John Hay Whitney (1905–1982) • Josephine Whitney Duveneck (1891–1978) • Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819–1896) • Mary Watson Whitney (1847–1921) • Newel Kimball Whitney (1795–1850) • Orson F. Whitney (1855–1931) • Parkhurst Whitney (1784–1862) • Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916) • Olive, Lady Baillie Olive Cecilia Paget, (1899–1974), Anglo-American heiress, landowner and hostess. • Dorothy Wyndham Paget (1905–1960), British racehorse owner and sponsor of motor racing • William Payne Whitney (1876–1927) • Phyllis Ayame Whitney (1903–2008) • Richard Whitney (1888–1974) • Wheelock Whitney I (1894–1957) • Wheelock Whitney, Jr. (1926–2016) • Wheelock Whitney III (born 1949) • William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) • William Dwight Whitney (1827–1894) • Willis Rodney Whitney (1868–1958) By marriage: • Mary Elizabeth Altemus (1906–1988) • Charles T. Barney (1851–1907) • Kathleen Blatz (born 1954) • Betsey Cushing (1908–1998) • Henry F. Dimock (1842–1911) • Leonard Knight Elmhirst (1893–1974) • Helen Julia Hay (1876–1944) • Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), British industrialist and politician • Marie Louise Schroeder (1925–2019) • Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918) • Whitney Willard Straight (1912–1979) • Beatrice Whitney Straight (1914–2001) • Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004) • Adeline Dutton Train (1824–1906) • Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) • George W. Headley (1908–1985) • Dorothy Laverne Whitney (born 1930) • Alfa Vanderbilt-Winther (1924–2008) ==Descendants of James Scollay Whitney==

• James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878) m. 1886 Laurinda Collins (1810-1908) • Henry Melville Whitney (1839–1923) m. 1878 Margaret Foster Green (1856–1932) • William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) m. 1869 Flora Payne (1842-1893), m. 1896 Sibyl Randolph • Harry Payne Whitney (1872–1930) m. 1896 Gertrude Vanderbilt (1875–1942) • Flora Payne Whitney (1897–1986) m. 1920 Roderick Tower (div. 1925), m. 1927 George Macculloch Miller III • Pamela Tower (1921–2013) m. Jay Ketchum Secor (1912–1960) 1941 (div. 1950), m. Thomas LeBoutillier (1913–1979) • John LeBoutillier (born 1953) • Whitney Tower (1923–1999) • Flora Miller Biddle (born 1928) • Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899–1992) m. 1923 Marie Norton (1903-1970) (div. 1929), m. 1931 Gwladys Crosby “Gee” Hopkins (div. 1940), m. 1941 Eleanor Searle (c. 1908–2002) (div. 1957), m. 1958 Marie Louise Schroeder (1925–2019) • Pauline Payne Whitney (1874–1916) m. 1895 Almeric Hugh Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949) • Olive, Lady Baillie (1899-1974) m. 1919 Charles John Frederick Winn (1896–1968) (div. 1925), m. 1925 Arthur Wilson-Filmer (1895–1968) (div. 1930), m. 1931 Adrian Baillie, 6th Baronet (1898-1947) (div. 1944) • Gawaine Baillie, 7th Baronet (1934-2003) m. Margot Beaubien 1966 • Dorothy Paget (1905-1960) • William Payne Whitney (1876–1927) m. 1902 Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) • Joan Whitney (1903-1975) m. 1924 Charles Shipman Payson (1898-1985) • Lorinda Payson (1930-2025) m. 1951 Vincent de Roulet (1925-1975) • John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) m. 1931 Mary Elizabeth Altemus (div. 1940), m. 1942 Betsey Roosevelt (née Cushing) (1908-1998) • (adopted stepdaughter) Sara Roosevelt Whitney (1932-2001) m. 1953 Anthony di Bonaventura (1929-2012) (div. 1972), m. 1973 Ronald A. Wilford (1927-2015) • Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) m. 1911 Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), m. 1925 Leonard Knight Elmhirst (1893–1974) • Whitney Willard Straight (1912–1979) m. 1935 Lady Daphne Margarita Finch-Hatton (1913–2003) • Beatrice Whitney Straight (1914–2001) m. 1942 Louis Dolivet (1908–1989) (div. 1949), m. 1949 Peter Cookson (1913–1990) • Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004) m. 1939 Belinda Crompton (1920-2015) (div. 1969), m. 1974 Nina Gore Auchincloss (1937-), m. 1998 Katharine Gould • Dorothy Straight (1958-) • Susan Collins Whitney (1845–1939) m. Henry F. Dimock (1842–1911) • Lorinda Collins "Lily" Whitney (1852–1946) m. Charles T. Barney (1851–1907) ==Family network==

Associates People closely aligned with or subordinate to the Whitney family include: • Henry Lawrence Burnett • Roscoe Channing • Merian C. Cooper • Herbert Croly • William Lukens Elkins • Catharine Littlefield Greene • Daniel Guggenheim • Daniel S. Lamont • Oliver Hazard Payne • Benjamin Franklin Pearson • Francis A. Pratt • Benno C. Schmidt Sr. • David O. Selznick • Kenneth A. Spencer • Charles Shipman Payson • Sherman Pratt • Thomas Fortune Ryan • W.E.D. Stokes • Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy • Juan Trippe • Clarissa Watson • Peter A.B. Widener • Langbourne Meade Williams Jr. • Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. Businesses Companies in which the Whitney family have held a controlling or otherwise substantial interest include: • American Tobacco Company • Art in America • Burnett & Whitney • Cataract House Hotel • Dominion Iron & Steel Company • Dun & Bradstreet • Foshalee Plantation • Freeport Texas Company • Great Northern Paper • Greentree Stable • Hudson Bay Mining & Smelting Company • International Herald Tribune • J.H. Whitney & Company • Manhasset Stable • Marineland of Florida • Metropolitan Steamship Company • Metropolitan Street Railway Company • Minnesota North Stars • Minnesota Vikings • Minute Maid Company • The New Republic • New York Loan & Improvement Company • New York Mets • Pan American World Airways • Pratt & Whitney Measurement Systems • Selznick International Pictures • Spencer Chemical Company • Technicolor Corporation • West End Street Railway • Westbury Stable • Western Airways • Whitney Armory • Whitney Real Estate Corporation Philanthropy and non-profit organizations • Almeric Paget Massage Corps • American Philological Association • Association of Junior Leagues International • Country Art Gallery & Art School • Dartington College of Arts • Dartington International Summer School • Greentree Foundation • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation • Jockey Club (United States) • John Hay Whitney Foundation • Markey Cancer Center • National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame • National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame • The New School for Social Research • North Shore University Hospital • Payne Whitney Gymnasium • Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic • Saratoga Performing Arts Center • Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience • Whitney South Sea Expedition • William C. Whitney Foundation • Whitney Gallery of Western Art • Whitney Museum of American Art • Whitney Stakes (NYRA) ==Buildings, estates and historic sites==

• Belmont Park • Breuer Building • Brookdale Farm • C.V. Whitney Farm • Dartington Hall • David Whitney Building • David Whitney House • Eli Whitney Gun Factory • The Elms • Greentree • Greenwood Plantation • Joye Cottage • Llangollen Farm • Payne Whitney House • Saratoga Race Course • Waters Farm • Whitney Studio Gallery • Whitney Park • Willard Straight Hall ==References==