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   Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt  

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt left $ 26 million, most of it to his infant sons, who would also share in the Emerson fortune. To his eldest son, William Henry Vanderbilt III, he bequeathed his Oakland Farm, with his Thoroughbred horses and a $ 5 million trust fund.
Regginald Claypoole Vanderbilt (1880-1925) also married twice. His first marriage to Cathleen Gebhardt Neilson ended in divorce and brought a daughter, Cathleen (1904-1946), who later became Mrs Henry Cooke Cushing III. His second marriage, to Gloria Laura Morgan, the daughter of US consul …

 

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