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, with whom she has two sons Peter and Guy and daughter Abby, and secondly to newspaper publisher Edwin F. Russell, whom she survived. 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.
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1924 (age 101)
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