Anne McKee Armstrong (1864-1925)

Mrs "Annie" (Armstrong) Stewart, Smith, de Saint Cyr

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Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her great-grandmother's (Mrs Jane Alrick's) brother was married to Harriet Washington, niece of George Washington. Her younger sister, Rita, was married to Anthony J. Drexel Jr., of Philadelphia. Anne was married three times. When died she left $40 million which was divided equally between her last husband, Mr Saint-Cyr, and her two notable children: (1) Anita Princess de Braganza, and (2) William R. Stewart, "the best dressed man in New York City".

Parents

John A. Armstrong

John A. Armstrong, of Baltimore, Maryland

1823-1884

Margaretta McKee

Mrs Margaretta (McKee) Armstrong

1833-1900

Spouses

William Rhinelander Stewart

William Rhinelander Stewart Sr., Sugar Merchant, of New York

1852-1929

James Henry Smith

J. Henry "Silent" Smith, of New York City

1855-1907

Jean Harold de Saint Cyr

"Jack" John Henry Edward Thompson of Waco, Texas

1875-1966

Children

Anita (Stewart) de Braganza

Anita Rhinelander (Stewart), Princess de Braganza, afterwards Mrs Morris

1886-1977

William Rhinelander Stewart

William R. Stewart, Jr., "Best-Dressed Man in New York City"

1888-1945

Associated Houses

Whitney Mansion

871 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Categories

Gilded Age
Image Courtesy of The New York Times, 1906