Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt person
also: Alfred Gwynn
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Claims (2)
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“There's Alfred Gwynn in a top hat looking very svelte. Well, Alfred Gwynn, why is he important besides the points of Vanderbilt? Of course he is. He was class of, I have it here, 1899. So we're almost done with the 19th century. Okay, a lot…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady Secret Societies Skull&Bones cont'd @ 54:19
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt headed
New York Central Railroad host_asserted
“His only son, Alfred's, was William Henry Vanderbilt III, who had become the governor of Rhode Island. Didn't know a whole lot more besides be a Vanderbilt. But Alfred was no small potatoes. He was the chairman and president of the New York…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady Secret Societies Skull&Bones cont'd @ 57:43
Mentions (7)
▶ 53:44
It would be a lot of fun if I could just show all these connections. I am working on that. I've been doing it for a while, but it's a long project. Yeah, I don't know how any of that works. We'll get there. You'll love it once I show it to …
▶ 54:19
There's Alfred Gwynn in a top hat looking very svelte. Well, Alfred Gwynn, why is he important besides the points of Vanderbilt? Of course he is. He was class of, I have it here, 1899. So we're almost done with the 19th century. Okay, a lot…
▶ 56:38
He had a huge rivalry with Jay Gould over the shipping, steamships in the Erie. It's called the Erie Wars, but after Lake Erie, where they tried to bankrupt each other. Vanderbilt ended up winning that battle, and the Goulds sort of faded f…
▶ 57:09
and was out with some friends taking a world tour, and they're over in Japan, and he gets the news that his father has died and left him as the head of that entire branch of the family at 22 years old, so he rushes home. He would then get m…
▶ 57:43
His only son, Alfred's, was William Henry Vanderbilt III, who had become the governor of Rhode Island. Didn't know a whole lot more besides be a Vanderbilt. But Alfred was no small potatoes. He was the chairman and president of the New York…
▶ 58:18
Might have been a war. Yeah, might have been. And there's also talk, there's long been a rumor that this Vanderbilt was also, had booked passage on the Titanic and never got on. That's actually not him. It's his uncle, George Vanderbilt II,…
▶ 58:49
He gave up his life vests to give to a woman who was holding a baby. It was the last life vest. He promised her he'd find one. Couldn't. So he gave him his. He couldn't swim. And so he died a hero. And that's what the surviving passengers o…