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Dorothy Payne Whitney Elmhirst
Dorothy Payne Whitney in 1915
Born
Dorothy Payne Whitney

(1887-01-23)January 23, 1887
Washington, D.C., United States
DiedDecember 14, 1968(1968-12-14) (aged 81)
Dartington Hall, Devon, UK
NationalityUnited States (until 1935)
United Kingdom (from 1925 to 1968)
EducationChapin School
Spouses
Willard Dickerman Straight
(m. 1911; died 1918)
Leonard Knight Elmhirst
(m. 1925)
ChildrenWhitney Willard Straight
Beatrice Whitney Straight
Michael Whitney Straight
Ruth Elmhirst
William Elmhirst
Parent(s)William Collins Whitney
Flora Payne
RelativesSee Whitney family

Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member of the prominent Whitney family.

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Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher and a member...

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sister, Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968). After his mother's death and his father's remarriage (of which he apparently disapproved), Whitney essentially...

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age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history. Dorothy Straight was born on May 25, 1958...

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Harry Payne Whitney

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Paget, 1st Baron Queenborough (1861–1949), and his youngest sister Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968) was married to Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918)...

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(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...

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Flora Payne

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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...

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Junior League

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serving as New York City's Junior League president from 1907 to 1910, Dorothy Payne Whitney was nominated as the first president of AJLA. Despite the name,...

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Michael Straight

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(1880–1918), an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a philanthropist. Straight was educated at Lincoln...

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Beatrice Straight

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Poltergeist (1982). Beatrice Whitney Straight was born in Old Westbury, New York, the daughter of Dorothy Payne Whitney of the Whitney family, and Willard Dickerman...

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Pauline Payne Whitney

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Pauline Payne Whitney Paget (March 21, 1874 – November 22, 1916), was an American heiress and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She was born in...

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Nina Auchincloss Straight

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Straight, an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney, a philanthropist. After his mother's remarriage to Leonard Knight...

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Whitney Straight

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(1880–1918) and one of the richest heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), daughter of William Collins Whitney and she inherited $15,000,000 from her father...

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Helen Hay Whitney

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1902, she married Payne Whitney, the son of William Collins Whitney (1841–1904) and Flora Payne (1842–1893). Together, Helen and Payne had a daughter and...

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William Collins Whitney

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Payne Whitney (1876–1927), who married Helen Julia Hay (1875–1944) Oliver Whitney (1878–1883), who died aged 5[citation needed] Dorothy Payne Whitney...

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Willard Dickerman Straight

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married Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a member of the prominent Whitney family, in Geneva, Switzerland. Her father was William Collins Whitney, the...

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and philanthropist Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887-1968), American-born social activist and philanthropist (sometimes known as Dorothy Elmhirst) Thomas Elmhirst...

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and Walter Weyl. They gained the financial backing of heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney and of her husband, Willard Straight (1880–1918); and Willard Straight...

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Leonard Knight Elmhirst

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Leonard married Dorothy Payne Whitney in September 1925. They had two children. He was the stepfather of racing driver and aviator Whitney Straight (1912–1979)...

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Chapin School

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New Jersey Dorothy Payne Whitney, 1904. Social activist. Co-founder, The New Republic and the New School for Social Research Helen Whitney, 1961. Documentary...

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List of former United States citizens who relinquished their nationality

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New York Times. April 26, 1935. Retrieved December 12, 2008. Mrs. Dorothy Payne Whitney Elmhirst, the former Mrs. Willard Straight, renounced her United...

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January 23 Miklós Kállay, 34th prime minister of Hungary (d. 1967) Dorothy Payne Whitney, American-born philanthropist, social activist (d. 1968) January...

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Dorothy Paget

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daughter of Lord Queenborough and Pauline Payne Whitney of the American Whitney family. She was a cousin of Jock Whitney, owner of the dual Cheltenham Gold Cup...

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Willard Straight Hall

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Hall's construction was initiated by Willard Straight's widow, Dorothy Payne Whitney as a memorial to her husband. The building was intended to lead...

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(1919–2012), Australian Olympic swimmer, writer and social campaigner Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), American social activist and lecturer Elie Wiesel (1928–2016)...

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Thomas Elmhirst

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(1893–1974), a noted philanthropist and educational reformer who married Dorothy Payne Whitney Second Lieutenant Ernest Christopher "Christie" Elmhirst (1895–1915)...

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