Vincent Astor (1891-1959)

Captain (William) Vincent Astor, Founder of the Vincent Astor Foundation

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Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
He was featured in the first Forbes Rich List (1918) coming in at twelfth with $75-million, behind Mrs E.H. Harriman and ahead of James Stillman, Thomas Fortune Ryan, Daniel Guggenheim, Charles Schwab and J.P. Morgan, Jr., who all came in tied at thirteenth. He contracted mumps at the time of first marriage which made him sterile. He was married three times and with his third wife, Brooke Astor, created the Astor Foundation that still operates today. Vincent Astor died without children.

Parents

John Jacob Astor IV

Colonel "Jack" Astor, of New York; died aboard the Titanic

1864-1912

Ava Lowle (Willing) Astor

Ava Lowle (Willing) Astor, Lady Ribblesdale

1868-1958

Spouses

Helen (Huntington) Hull

Mrs Helen Dinsmore (Huntington) Astor, Hull

1893-1976

Minnie (Cushing) Fosburgh

Mrs "Minnie" Mary Benedict (Cushing) Astor, Fosburgh

1906-1978

Brooke Astor

Mrs Roberta "Brooke" (Russell) Kuser, Marshall, Astor

1902-2007

Associated Houses

Beechwood

Newport, Rhode Island

Astor Courts

Rhinebeck, New York

Pinchot House

1021 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Categories

Business Tycoons Philanthropists