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Bunny Mellon

AKA Rachel Lowe Lambert

Born: 9-Aug-1910
Birthplace: Princeton, NJ
Died: 17-Mar-2014
Location of death: Upperville, VA
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Philanthropist
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Widow of Paul Mellon

Amateur horticulturalist, designed the White House Rose Garden.

As a centenarian, briefly embroiled in scandal when it was revealed that she provided $725,000 for her friend, candidate John Edwards, which ended up supporting his mistress Rielle Hunter.

Lost approximately $5M to Kenneth I. Starr's Ponzi scheme.

Father: Gerard Barnes Lambert (President of Gillette)
Mother: Rachel Parkhill Lowe
Brother: Gerard Barnes Lambert, Jr. (b. 1912, d. 1947 airplane crash)
Sister: Lily McCarthy (b. 1914, d. 2006)
Husband: Stacy Barcroft Lloyd, Jr. (m. 1932, div. 1948, two daughters)
Daughter: Stacy Barcroft Lloyd III
Daughter: Eliza Winn Lloyd (d. 2008)
Husband: Paul Mellon (philanthropist, m. 1-May-1948, d. 1-Feb-1999)

    High School: Miss Fine’s School, Princeton, NJ
    High School: Foxcroft School, Middleburg, VA


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