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853:"W.K. VANDERBILT DIES IN FRANCE IN HIS 71ST YEAR; Was Eldest Male Survivor of Family That Built Fortune in New York Central. CHILDREN AT HIS BEDSIDE Duchess of Marlborough and Her Brothers Present with Financier's Widow. ESTATE NEAR $ 100,000,000 $ 300,000,000 Left by His Father in Eight Shares Believed to be Over Billion Total Now"
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William H. Vanderbilt died at his residence in this city, of paralysis, at half-past two o'clock this afternoon. He arose this morning at his usual hour, and at breakfast served to the members of the family, most of whom were present, he appeared to be in his usual health and in a more than usually
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November 6, 1895. Alva divorced Vanderbilt in March 1895, at a time when divorce was rare among the elite, and received a large financial settlement reported to be in excess of $ 10 million (equal to about $ 370 million today). The grounds for divorce were allegations of Vanderbilt's adultery.
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The Gross Value of the Estate was reported to be $ 54,530,966.59 following the decree fixing the income tax payable in the
Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court on 6 March 1923. His sons William Vanderbilt Jr and Harold Vanderbilt received $ 21,252,757.38 and $ 21,739,867.38 respectively after the
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Vanderbilt gifted $ 15,000,000 to his daughter Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, and $ 1,000,000 each to her sons The Marquess of Blandford and Lord Ivor Churchill several months prior to his death.
881:"Wm. H. Vanderbilt Dead. He is Prostrated by Paralysis While Talking to Robert Jarrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and Dies Without Speaking. His Vast Wealth Estimated at Two Hundred Millions"
1014:"WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT ABOUT TO REMARRY; Justice Giegerich Modifies Divorce Decree to Permit. The Ceremony Arranged for Tomorrow in Paris -- Countess Fabbricotti and a Mrs. Ingraham Mentioned as Bride-to-Be"
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Indeed, one account of cheating on his wife was with none other than the
Duchess of Manchester, Consuelo Yznaga, also known as his wife's best friend. Alva remarried to one of their old family friends,
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Property on
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Vanderbilt's portrait, painted by F. W. Wright from an original painting by
Richard Hall between 1911 and 1921, was donated to Vanderbilt University in 1921; it is hung in Kirkland Hall.
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deduction of all debts, expenses, administration, attorney’s fees, and the levying of New York State Estate Tax of $ 1,934,571.73 and
Federal Estate Tax of $ 11,459,290.16.
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Vanderbilt inherited $ 55 million (equal to about $ 1.9 billion today) from his father in 1885. He managed his family railroad investments. In 1879, after taking over
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The Right Blood: America's Aristocrats in Thoroughbred Racing
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27:American businessman and horse breeder (1849–1920)
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180:Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
1253:William Kissam Vanderbilt
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273:Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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457:Prix du Jockey Club
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205:Herbert M. Harriman
196:Maria Louisa Kissam
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489:: Prestige (1906)
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