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Name: Caroline Astor Drayton Phillips

Birth and Early Life: Caroline was born on October 26, 1880 in New York, New York County (Manhattan).Caroline Astor Drayton Phillips was the daughter of James Coleman Drayton, who was a New York lawyer. Caroline grew up with a divorced family and had made the decision to go and live with her father, constantly moving between New Jersey, New York, and England. Tutors hired by their father all privately educated her and her three younger siblings.

Marriage and Career: Caroline took William Phillips’ hand in marriage in England in 1910. William Phillips served as undersecretary of state during the administration of president Franklin Roosevelt. Caroline supported her husband’s works and career along with managing and mothering their six children. The family lived abroad in the Netherlands, Canada, and Italy, but they kept a house at Highover, their estate in North Beverly, Massachusetts. Caroline and William Phillips were close friends with influential members of high society, including Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Robert and Mildred Bliss. The Garden Archives collection contains correspondence from Caroline to Mildred Bliss that records her enjoyment of multiple visits to Dumbarton Oaks. Caroline Phillips is also responsible for suggesting the Dante inscription that was eventually placed under the Wisteria Arbor in the Arbor Terrace.

Death: An Armand Albert Rateau limestone bench near the Forsythia Dell is dedicated to Caroline and William Phillips. Mrs. Phillips died on January 7, 1965 at the age of 84 in her winter suite in the Hotel Vendome, Boston.

Tyler.brewster (talk) 01:14, 13 December 2018 (UTC)Tyler Brewster