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5 unusual facts about Vincent Astor


Astor Cup

Astor Cup auto race, run in New York in 1915 and 1916 with the trophy donated by Vincent Astor.

Astor, Florida

William Vincent Astor was not interested in his grandfather's Florida enterprises, and so the Astor family's interests in the area were sold.

Astoria Column

The tower was built in 1926 with financing by the Great Northern Railway and Vincent Astor, the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, in commemoration of the city's role in the family's business history.

Ernest Schelling

His second wife, whom he married in August 1939, when she was 21 and he was 63, was Helen Huntington "Peggy" Marshall, the stepdaughter of the philanthropist Brooke Astor and a niece of Vincent Astor.

Hays Mountains

Mount Astor, a prominent peak in the range, was named by Byrd for Vincent Astor, of the Astor family, for his philanthropic contributions to the 1929 expedition.



see also

Margaret Frances Andrews

--In 1911, she was rumored to be engaged to William Vincent Astor, who would later die on the Titanic.--> In 1915 she married Morgan Belmont (1892–1953), the son of August Belmont, at her parents' home, Rockery Hall.