John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic ... Design architect Laura Dunn explains: The [house] captures the grandeur of American aristocracy in a single room (main hall: 35 by 60 feet ...

Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying ...

son of John Jacob Astor IV, who was, among other things, one of those who died aboard the Titanic. “Of course she married Vincent for the money,” said novelist Louis Auchincloss.