Question: Information: - Founded in 1897 by George Washington Vanderbilt II, Biltmore Farms has evolved from one of the Southeasts largest independent dairy producer to a community development firm. Son of William Henry Vanderbilt and grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, George W. Vanderbilt pioneered sustainable land-use practices when he moved from New York to the Southern Appalachian Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, where he built his famed Biltmore Estate, Americas largest residence. - Biltmore Estate is a large (6950.4 acre or 10.86 square miles) private estate and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House, the main house on the estate, is a Chateauesque-style mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at of floor space (of living area). Still owned by one of Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. History. In the 1880s, at the height of the Gilded Age, George Washington Vanderbilt II, youngest son of William Henry Vanderbilt, began to make regular visits with his mother, Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt (18211896), to the Asheville, North Carolina, area. He loved the scenery and climate so much that he decided to create his own summer estate in the area, which he called his "little mountain escape", just as his older brothers and sisters had built opulent summer houses in places such as Newport, Rhode Island, and Hyde Park, New York. Vanderbilt named his estate Biltmore derived from "Bildt," Vanderbilt's ancestors' place of origin in Holland, and "More", Anglo-Saxon for open, rolling land. A portion of the estate was once the African-American community of Shiloh. - George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil ( born February 27 , 1925 ) is the owner and operator of Biltmore Farms . He is the first of two sons born to John Francis Amherst Cecil ( 1890 -- 1954 ) and Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt ( 1900 -- 1976 ) and is the grandson of George Washington Vanderbilt II , the founder of the Biltmore Estate . He was educated in Europe and served in the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon the death of his mother , Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt , George was given the choice of taking over Biltmore Farms ( the family dairy ) or the Estate . Leaving the Estate for his younger brother William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil , George chose to take ownership of Biltmore Farms which , at the time , was much more profitable . Biltmore Farms had continued to grow under George 's management , transforming it into a profitable real estate business that serves the Asheville area . He is a direct descendant of both William Henry Vanderbilt and , on his father 's side , William Cecil , the chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century , through his grandparents , Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen - Amherst , Baroness Amherst of Hackney . George , along with his wife Nancy Owen Cecil , have six children : John ( '' Jack '' ) Cecil , Edith Cecil , Catherine Cecil Taylor , Margaret Cecil Sinnott , Louisa Cecil Harrison , Christopher Cecil - William Henry "Billy" Vanderbilt (May 8, 1821 December 8, 1885) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the eldest son of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, an heir to his fortune and a prominent member of the Vanderbilt family. He was the richest American after he took over his father's fortune in 1877 until his own death in 1885, passing on a substantial part of the fortune to his wife and children, particularly to sons: Cornelius II and William. He inherited nearly $100 million from his father. The fortune had doubled when he died less than nine years later. - Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The city's population was 83,393 according to the 2010 United States census. It is the principal city in the four-county Asheville metropolitan area, with a population of 424,858 in 2010. Asheville is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), the world's largest active archive of weather data. - George Washington Vanderbilt II (November 14, 1862 March 6, 1914) was an art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, which had amassed a huge fortune through steamboats, railroads, and various business enterprises. He built the 250-room Biltmore House, the largest home in the United States. Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'member of' with the subject 'george henry vanderbilt cecil'. Choices: - death - s - vanderbilt family
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vanderbilt family