Elizabeth Taylor Once Called Virginia Home
Two-time Oscar winner, once married to former Sen. John Warner, lived in Middleburg and Georgetown
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died on Wednesday in Los Angeles from congestive heart failure at age 79, was, for a few short years, one of our Virginia neighbors. Former Virginia senator and current Belle Haven resident John Warner was married to the famed Hollywood star from 1976 to 1982. Taylor and Warner had their first date at a bicentennial dinner at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., and within six months the couple wed. The couple married at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Middleburg, on Dec. 4, 1976. In addition to Warner's 2,400-acre estate, Atoka Farm, in Loudoun County, Warner and Taylor also lived in a house in Georgetown, at 3240 S Street. Both before and during their marriage, the couple spent a lot of time at Atoka …