Worthington Whitehouse
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Amelia Stuart Newton Worthington
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| Born | October 1864 |
| Died | February 14, 1922 (aged 75–76) |
| Education | St. John's School |
| Parent(s) | Edward M. Whitehouse Amelia Stuart Newton Worthington |
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Worthington Whitehouse (October 1864 – February 14, 1922) was an American real estate broker and member of New York Society during the Gilded Age who was known for leading cotillions.[1]
He was born in October 1864 in Irvington, New York. He was the son of Amelia Stuart Newton Worthington (d. 1901)[2] and Edward M. Whitehouse (d. 1870), his mother's first husband whom she married in 1863.[3][4] After his father died, his mother remarried to Thomas Whiteside Rae.[5] His full-brother was Edward Whitehouse (1866–1894)[6] and his half-brothers were Izard Newton Whiteside Rae and Thomas Rae.[7][8]
His paternal grandparents were Edward Whitehouse and Julia (née Cammann) Whitehouse, of the prominent Cammann Knickerbocker family.[3] His uncle was James Henry Whitehouse, dean of the New York Stock Exchange and his cousin was Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala and Colombia.[9] His maternal grandparents were Henry Rossiter Worthington (1817–1880), who invented the first direct-acting steam pump,[10] and Sara Jane (née Newton) Worthington (1817–1893),[8] herself the daughter of Commodore John Thomas Newton of Alexandria, Virginia.[8] His uncle was Charles Campbell Worthington (1854–1944), who took over his grandfather's Worthington Corporation. His grand-nephew through his brother Izard, was Thomas Newton Whiteside Rae (d. 2011).[11] His niece was Edwina Worthington Whitehouse,[12] who married Gregory Van Sicklen McLoughlin, a painter,[13] and committed suicide in 1923.[14]
He was educated in New York, taking a class at St. John's School, and then abroad to complete his studies. After graduation, he spent three years traveling, including in Africa.[3]