Sarah (Griswold) Spencer (1827-1905)

Mrs. Sarah Johnson (Griswold) Spencer

She and her daughter, Eleanora, Princess di Vicavaro, paid 305,000 Swiss Francs for an estate on the sun-drenched "Dreilinden" (or "Drei Lindren") hill with its stunning views over the lake and Alps at Lucerne in Switzerland. Eleonora commissioned Edward Hewetson, the great English architect who specialized in the Gothic-Revival style, to build "Villa Vicavaro" (modelled on Vinland in Newport, Rhode Island, built in 1883 for Eleonora's notable cousin, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe) for her and her husband, and the smaller "Villa Griswolden" for her mother. Mrs. Spencer lived here for many years and died at her home in Paris, 70 Avenue Marceau. Her villa at Dreilinden was demolished in 2008.

Parents (2)

Charles Chandler Griswold

of Black Hall, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut

1787-1859

Elizabeth (Griswold) Griswold

Mrs Elizabeth (Griswold) Griswold

1803-1888

Spouse (1)

Lorillard Spencer

of Paris, New York City & Throgg's Neck, L.I.

1827-1888

Children (5)

Eleanora, Princess Cenci de Vicovaro

Eleanora Lorillard (Spencer), Princess Cenci-Bolognetti de Vicovaro

1851-1915

Sarah Griswold Spencer

Died in Infancy

1853-1854

William Augustus Spencer

of 36 Avenue Henri Martin, Paris & 71 East 82nd Street, New York City

1855-1912

Charles Griswold Spencer

Artist, of the Hôtel Élysée Palace, Champs Élysée, Paris

1856-1906

Lorillard Spencer, Jr.

Publisher, of 7 East 86th Street, New York City & "Chastellux" Newport, Rhode Island

1860-1912