Marriages
In 1957, Warner married banking heiress Catherine Conover Mellon, the daughter of art collector Paul Mellon and his first wife, Mary Conover, and the granddaughter of Andrew Mellon. By his marriage, Warner accrued substantial capital for investing and expanding his political contacts. The Warners, who divorced in 1973, have three children: Virginia, John Jr, and Mary. His former wife now uses the name Catherine Conover.
John Warner married actress Elizabeth Taylor on December 4, 1976. They divorced on November 7, 1982. Although Warner again obtained society limelight and capital for his advancement, the divorce did not leave him with the same amount of wealth as with Mary Conover. Warner and Larry Fortensky were the only living former spouses of Elizabeth Taylor at the time of her death in 2011.
On December 15, 2003, Warner married Jeanne Vander Myde, a real estate agent with a substantial land portfolio and background in buying small farms and estates in Virginia and developing them into housing tracts. She is also the widow of White House official Paul Vander Myde.
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