Caroline Webster Schermerhorn Astor
American socialite (1830-1908) · United States · On the map · Died at 78
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply "Mrs. Astor", she was the wife of yachtsman William Backhouse Astor Jr.
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Portrait of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn in 1860
Ferncliff, the Astor family's country estate in Rhinebeck, New York
Beechwood, the Astors' summer home in Newport, Rhode Island
841 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan in 1895![Portrait of Mrs. William Astor by Carolus-Duran, 1890, painted in Paris and now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[18] This painting was placed prominently in Mrs. Astor's house; she would stand in front of it when receiving guests for receptions.[citation needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Carolus-Duran_-_Mrs._William_Astor_%28Caroline_Webster_Schermerhorn%2C_1831%E2%80%931908%29.jpg/1280px-Carolus-Duran_-_Mrs._William_Astor_%28Caroline_Webster_Schermerhorn%2C_1831%E2%80%931908%29.jpg)
Portrait of Mrs. William Astor by Carolus-Duran, 1890, painted in Paris and now held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[18] This painting was placed prominently in Mrs. Astor's house; she would stand in front of it when receiving guests for receptions.[citation needed]
Caroline Schermerhorn Astor and her guests at a New York City ball in 1902
Engraved vignettes of the original hotels, c. 1915About this person
They had five children, including Colonel John Jacob Astor IV, who perished on the RMS Titanic. Through her marriage, she was a member of the Astor family and matriarch of the American Astors.