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Alfred was born in New York on 20 October 1877 to Cornelius and Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt. As a youth, Alfred was educated at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. While at Yale, he was a member of the Skull and Bones secret society. All of his brothers were Yale alumni. His father co...
On 11 January 1901, Alfred married Miss Elsie French, daughter of the wealthy Francis Ormonde French, and brother of Amos Tuck French, father of Miss Julia Estelle French who married Jack Geraghty, the son of a liveryman. They were married in the Sabriske Memorial Church, Newport, Rhode Island, by Reverend George Brinley Morgan, a cousin of Miss Fr...
Vanderbilt was on his yacht with friend Thomas Slidell when they watched Lusitaniacomplete her maiden voyage to New York in September of 1907. Alfred was a frequent traveler and some years made as many as seven crossings. Vanderbilt’s purpose in traveling on the Lusitania in May 1915 was to direct a meeting of the International Horse Breeders’ Asso...
After the ship was torpedoed, Alfred and his valet Ronald Denyer calmly assisted several women and children to safety. Fellow passenger Oliver Bernard, while searching for Stewart Mason, almost collided with Vanderbilt in the A Deck saloon class entrance. Oliver was surprised by Vanderbilt’s composure, and Oliver would never forget the grin on the ...
Alfred Vanderbilt is a major character in David Butler’s 1983 novel Lusitania. Unlike in actual history, the novel establishes Vanderbilt and Alice Middleton as having a shipboard romance, which leads up to his final gesture of saving her life.
Alfred Vanderbilt at the English Wikipedia Contributors: Randy Bryan Bigham, USA Brian Hawley, USA Jim Kalafus, USA Peter Kelly, Ireland Peter Flagg Maxson (relative of Alfred Vanderbilt), USA Senan Molony, Ireland Michael Poirier, USA Judith Tavares References: Ballard, Dr. Robert and Spencer Dunmore. Exploring the Lusitania. Warner Books, 1995. B...
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Sr. (October 20, 1877 – May 7, 1915) was an American businessman and member of the Vanderbilt family. A sportsman, he participated in and pioneered a number of related endeavors. He died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, born in 1877, was the third son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II and Alice Claypoole Gwynne. Cornelius II was head of the Vanderbilt family, chairman of the New York Central Railroad, and one of the richest men in the world.
In the fifth generation, the leading member was Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), better known as “The Commodore,” who was the great-grandfather of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. He laid the foundation of the family fortune, when, in 1814, he obtained a contract from the government for the transportation, by water, of supplies to the nine ...
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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt III (born December 20, 1949) [1] is a retired public relations executive. Vanderbilt was heavily involved with bringing the Grammys back to New York and the tall ships to New York for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' journey to the Americas.
