Word: chanler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...History Society are also ruled from the distaff side. The former, whose honorary chairman is Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, is a coalition of female societies. It is currently sponsoring discussion groups or "Marathon Round Tables." The New History Society, founded by Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, is an offshoot of the Bahai Religion. Mrs. Chanler and her peace-loving friends belong to the "Green International" wear green shirts when participating in peace demonstrations...
Died, John Armstrong Chaloner (Chanler), 72, eccentric brother of seven rich descendants of Peter Stuyvesant and John Jacob Astor-the late Artist Robert Armstrong ("Sheriff Bob"), onetime Lieutenant Governor of New York Lewis Stuyvesant, onetime Congressman William Astor, Winthrop Astor Chanler, Mrs. John Jay Chapman, Mrs. Richard Aldrich, Mrs. Christopher Temple Emmet; of cancer; in Charlottesville, Va. Because of business affairs and his marriage to author Amelie Rives (now Princess Troubetzkoy), Brother John quarreled with his family, three of whom got him committed to Bloomingdale Hospital in 1897. He escaped to Virginia, had himself declared sane by the courts...
...Manhattan officials refused the marriage license. Exclaimed William C. Chanler, acting corporation counsel: "The very idea of such a marriage is quite immoral and indecent. I feel that a publicity stunt is involved...
Engaged. Princess Marie-Antoinette Michelle Raphaelle Gabrielle Adélaide Françoise Xavière Josèphe Expédite Grégoire de Braganza, 31, daughter of the late Duke Miguel de Braganza, pretender to the throne of Portugal; and Ashley Chanler, son of the late William Astor Chanler...
Died. William Astor Chanler, 66. socialite, expeditionist, politician, author, brother of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John Armstrong Chaloner and the late Artist Robert Winthrop ("Sheriff Bob") Chanler, great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor; in Mentone, France. A waterfall in British East Africa, some varieties of reptiles, insects and an antelope species bear his name...