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Died. Baron Maurice ("Momo") de Rothschild, 76, great-grandson of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the fabled European banking dynasty; after long illness; in Geneva. Momo was only an incidental banker, whose real interests were art collecting, fast horses and gaudy pajamas. A splashy spender, he was elected (1924) Deputy to the French National Assembly, had his seat booted when a bribery charge stuck, softened the bump by winning a senatorial race...
Jacopo lived simply in Bassano. He cultivated herbs, played the flute, trained all four of his sons to be painters. Since they all used the name Bassano, as well as Jacopo's father, a son-in-law, a grandson and great-grandson, it took a few centuries to sort out Jacopo's work from the rest of the family's. When Jacopo died in 1592, he had only one regret. "I am sorry to die," he murmured, "because death prevents me from learning my craft all over again...
...somewhat surprised to read in your Oct. 3 review of John Goffe's Legacy by George Woodbury that "Uncle Ody" was the last to bear the name of Goffe. "Uncle Ody" had a son, John Goffe, a grandson, George Washington Goffe, and a great-grandson, George Crosby Goffe. The latter was my father. I have been bearing the name Goffe for some years now, as has my brother Frederick . . . I must protest the implication made in a magazine with your circulation that my brother and I are figments of our own imaginations...
...midst of the sale, 65-year-old President Louis de B. Moore retired after 44 years with the company. Into his place stepped Executive Vice President William Thompson Lusk, 54, great-grandson of Founder Tiffany. Lusk, born in Manhattan, went to Groton and Yale ('24), was coxswain on the Yale freshman crew and president of the dramatic society, once played daughter Goneril in King Lear. After college he started at Tiffany's as a clerk, worked his way steadily up to executive vice president...
William's descendants were cast from the same stern mold. His great-grandson, Colonel John Goffe, was a noted Indian fighter. The colonel's son John, in turn, was as robust as his forefathers. Accidentally caught in the heavy mill machinery one day, he was "squoaze so bad" that he never fully recovered and died some years later at what-for a Goffe-was the untimely...