Alexander Van Rensselaer (1850-1933)

President of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association & Trustee of Princeton University

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Father
Rev. Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1808-1860)
Mother
Catherine (Ledyard) Van Rensselaer (1811-1882)
Spouse
Sarah (Drexel) Van Rensselaer (1862-1929)
His wife, daughter of financier Anthony J. Drexel, inherited $35-million after the death of her first husband, John R. Fell, by whom she had four surviving children. Van Rensselaer was stepfather to those four children and died leaving his considerable fortune to his three stepdaughters - his stepson having predeceased him by a matter of weeks. 

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Gilded Age Patrons of the Arts Philanthropists
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 26/12/2023 and last updated on 28/12/2023.