Mackinac Island, located where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet, was especially strategic. It became a key site for the British ...

Named for John Jacob Astor IV, who founded the original St ... The second floor will house the primary living spaces along with a few bedrooms, while the third floor will be dedicated mostly ...

Cambridge and Astor House. It was 1912 ... including his half-brother John Jacob Astor VI (born four months after the Titanic sinking). Hardest of all the headlines shone on his marriage to ...

The ‘House of Celebration’ concept harkens back to aforementioned John Jacob Astor, who used to open his home for intimate and private but festive and unforgettable parties. New York society ...

The watch was given to Rostron by the widow of John Jacob Astor, the richest man to die ... fetching nearly $1.5 million from the same auction house in April. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said ...

The watch was given to Rostron by the widow of John Jacob Astor, the richest man to die ... from the same auction house in April. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the fact that Titanic memorabilia ...

The previous record was set in April when another gold pocket watch, recovered from the body of the richest man on the ship, John Jacob Astor, sold for £1.175m at the same auction house.

Mrs Astor’s husband John Jacob Astor IV was the richest man aboard ... according to the auction house. The previous record for a Titanic-related object sold at auction was also a pocket watch ...

A gold pocket watch presented to the captain of a boat which rescued more than 700 passengers from the Titanic has sold for a record-breaking £1.56 million.

The watch was given to Rostron by the widow of John Jacob Astor, the richest man to die ... from the same auction house in April. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the fact that Titanic memorabilia ...

The watch was given to Sir Arthur by the widow of the richest man on the Titanic, John Jacob Astor ... the body of Mr Astor, sold for £1.175m at the same Devizes-based house.