Daisy (Post) Bruguiére (1876-1969)

"Daisy" Margaret Louise (Post) Van Alen, Bruguiére "The Last Gilded Age Hostess"

In 1958, it was reported that she, Miss Julia A. Berwind of The Elms and Miss Edith Wetmore of Chateau-sur-Mer, were the last three hostesses in Newport who still had liveried footmen assisting their butlers.

Parents (2)

William Post

of New York City & "Rosetta" Newport, Rhode Island

1848-1900

Rosalie (Anthony) Post

Mrs Rosalie DeWolf (Anthony) Post

1844-1929

Spouses (2)

James Laurens Van Alen

"Jimmy" L. Van Alen, of New York & Newport

1878-1927

Louis Sather Bruguiére

of San Francisco, California

1882-1954

Children (3)

Jimmy Van Alen

"Jimmy" James Henry Van Alen II, President of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association

1902-1991

William Laurens Van Alen

William L. Van Allen, of "Wakehurst" Newport, R.I.

1907-2003

Louise Astor Van Alen

Princess Louise (Van Alen) Mdivani, afterwards Mrs Saunderson

1910-1998

Associated Houses (4)

Wakehurst

Newport, Rhode Island

Rushton Hall

Rushton, Kettering

Villa Allerton

Cannes, Cote d'Azur

Vanderbilt Mansion

Hyde Park, New York