Name Cynthia Van Aunts Eileen Roche | Role Socialite | |
Parents Guy Fairfax Cary, Cynthia Roche Cousins Frances Shand Kydd, Hon. Mary Burke Roche, Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy Grandparents Frances Ellen Work, James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy Similar People Frances Ellen Work, Frances Shand Kydd, Edmund Roche - 5th Baron Fer | ||
Cynthia Cary Van Pelt Russell (born October 16, 1924) is an American socialite, who was part of American 'High Society' in New York and Newport, Rhode Island. She was married first to lawyer Charles Bingham Van Pelt and secondly to newspaper publisher Edwin F. Russell. She is the daughter of Guy Fairfax Cary and Cynthia Roche and granddaughter of James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy; as such, she is a first cousin once removed of Diana, Princess of Wales. Mrs. Russell's home in Newport, "Elm Court" was featured in a Style article of the New York Times about the updating of classic homes in that rarified community. She was an active member of the Preservation Society of Newport County.
Cynthia Cary Russell is also a grand niece of the writer Constance Cary.