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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.
13 de nov. de 1999 · Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, the elegant symbol of the sportsman in high society when he was the impresario of horse racing and the pillar of one of the most aristocratic families in America,...
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. (September 22, 1912 – November 12, 1999) was a British-born member of the prominent Vanderbilt railroad family, and a noted figure of American thoroughbred horse racing.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877 – 1915), 37, from New York City, New York, United States, was a millionaire sportsman who was traveling on Lusitania with his valet Ronald Denyer to a meeting of the International Horse Breeders’ Association.
On May 1, 1915, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and his valet Ronald Denyer boarded the RMS Lusitania, one of the most luxurious and comfortable ocean liners of the day, bound from New York City for England.
One of the wealthiest men in the world when he lost his life in the First World War, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was the second son of Cornelius Vanderbilt II whose family had made a fortune in the United States’ railway boom.
7 de may. de 2015 · Alfred Vanderbilt, Yale College Class of 1889, might have considered himself to be a lucky man when he made the life-saving decision to cancel his trip on the Titanic — until, that is, he booked a ticket for a spring 1915 trip on the Lusitania.
