She felt the burden of keeping Biltmore House up in the midst of a marriage she never wanted but was pushed into by her mother. She left in the early 1930s from Biltmore to never return. She also left the USA in 34 to never return, remarried several times, changed her hair color to pink, renamed herself Nilcha at one time and also Mary. She seemed to avoid all refernce to her Vanderbilt life. She and her mother supposedly never met again.
Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil and William "Bill" Goodsir were married in 1972, and remained married until Cornelia's death in 1976.
Cornelia Vanderbilt was a rich heiress, daughter of George Vanderbilt, therefore, inherited from him the wealthy property Biltmore State. She married John F. A. Cecil, a British aristocrat to whom she divorced in 1934. She married twice afterwards and had two sons: George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil and William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil.
She eventually did end up remarrying and also ended up changing her first and last name to avoid the limelight. A good source of this information can be found in the book "Lady on the Hill" by Howard Covington. It is about how Cornelia's son, William Cecil, brought the Biltmore Estate back to what it was in 1895 and is now self-sufficient.
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil was born in 1925.
William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil was born in 1928.
he is the grandson
They are currently living in Biltmore, Asheville, NC and managing the Biltmore House and Biltmore Estate, where several films have been made in recent years.
2nd Husband was Vivian Francis Bulkeley Johnson from England, he was much older than Cornelia and died a few years later and then Cornelia married a much younger man William Goodsir who left his wife and family for Cornelia. In 1976 Cornelia died and soon after William went back to his family but ultimately killed himself and he is buried in Cornelias plot in the UK. Cornelia's wildness was legend and she was after the men, she rebelled, changed her name at times to Mary or Nilcha, dyed her hair wild colors etc and never returned to the USA or Biltmore after she left in early 1930s. She tried to sell Biltmore House since she was the owner but her mother saved the house and Cornelias two sons inherited the estate and one still owns it today.
Cecil Kellogg was born on November 4, 1894, in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA.
George Vanderbilt was the founder of the Biltmore.
He lives in the "Frith", a home his grandmother Vanderbilt built on the estste when his mom married and lived in the bighouse.
She walks away from Cecil because Atticus tells her to fight with her head and walk away and when she fights Francis she is remembering what happened at there family get together so this is before the fight with Cecil.