Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

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Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Born(1877-10-20)October 20, 1877
New York City, United States
DiedMay 7, 1915(1915-05-07) (aged 37)
Atlantic Ocean
EducationSt. Paul's School
Alma materYale University (1899)
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Ellen Tuck French
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(m. 1901; div. 1908)​
Margaret Mary Emerson
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(m. 1911)​
ChildrenWilliam Henry Vanderbilt III
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.
George Washington Vanderbilt III
Parent(s)Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Alice Claypoole Gwynne
RelativesSee Vanderbilt family

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, on 7 May 1915, after being torpedoed by a German submarine (SM U-20).[1]

  1. ^ "Vanderbilt Left His Wife at Home; | Wealthiest Youth in America Expected to Make Only a Short Stay Abroad. | Best Known as Horseman | Inherited $100,000,000 and Married Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim When Ellen French Divorced Him". The New York Times. 8 May 1915. Retrieved 27 April 2017.