Brooke Astor
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Roberta Brooke Astor (née Russell, 1902-1902 – August 13, 2007) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and writer who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, John Jacob Astor IV, son of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob Astor IV.
Brooke Astor was the author of two books and two volumes of personal memoirs.
Early life
Brooke Astor was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the sole child of John Henry Russell Jr., the Marine Corps' 16th Commandant, and his mother, Mabel Cecile Hornby Howard. John Henry Russell Sr., her paternal grandfather, served as a rear admiral in the United States Navy. She was named after her maternal grandmother (Roberta) and was known as Bobby to close friends and relatives.
She spent considerable of her childhood in China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and other places due to her father's work. She attended The Madeira School for a short time in 1919 but later graduated from Holton-Arms School. She kept diaries, letters, and drawings from her travels as a child, which were included in an illustrated version of her memoir "Patchwork Child: Early Memories" in 1993.