Word: great-great-grandson
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...somber. 4OO-word statement printed in his own London Times, Baron Astor of Hever, 76, who was born in New York City and is the great-great-grandson of fur-trading Millionaire John Jacob Astor, announced that though he loves England dearly and will remain a loyal citizen, he simply cannot afford to die there. Because a newly adopted finance act imposes an 80% death duty on real property held overseas by any British subject who dies at home. Lord Astor, who owns an estimated $40 million in U.S. real estate, has decided to spend his last years...
...under the stewardship of a single family for five generations. Founded in 1851 by a frugal Yankee named Amory Houghton, Corning is still controlled by the Houghton family, whose members are estimated to own 40% of its stock (worth roughly $440 million). Its current president is a great-great-grandson of the original Amory, boyishly intense Amory ("Amo") Houghton Jr., 36, who stepped up after Decker, 61, was named chairman last year. Like his predecessors, Amo Houghton is dedicated to the formula of freewheeling, long-range basic-research spending-he is fond of calling it "patient money"-that...
...Lammot du Pont Copeland's theme is the necessity for "interested owners" (stockholders) to participate more actively in corporations, rather than leaving it all to hired professional management. He is in a rare position to do just that. Last week serious, reserved "Mots" Copeland, 57, great-great-grandson of Founder E. I. du Pont and one of the company's largest stockholders, became the eleventh president in the 160-year history of the biggest chemical maker in the world...
...Marquess of Anglesey (428 pp; Morrow; $7.50). A debonair portrait of one of the great 19th century soldier-aristocrats by his admiring great-great-grandson, the present marquess. Henry William Paget, Lord Anglesey, spent 20 years in the House of Commons without making a single speech. He had much more to say to the ladies, among them the beautiful Duchess of Rutland, a widow twelve years his senior. Annoyed one night that he was separated from the duchess, Paget set fire to some gunpowder in the house where she was sleeping. In the tumult that followed...
...Being a great-great-grandson of Rachel and General Andrew Jackson, I was shocked and humiliated when I read [Jan. 18]: "His devoted, pipe-smoking Rachel cheerfully put up with log cabins for 15 years before they realized their dream of the grand white-colonnaded house of their own." Why should you want to degrade and lower the character of a lovable and perfect lady? [See cut.] Rachel Jackson suffered with asthma, and her physician recommended that she try smoking a cob pipe to relieve the congestion. It did not help her condition...