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Bernard Lafferty (14 April 1945 – 4 November 1996) was an Irish butler and heir to American tobacco heiress and philanthropist, Doris Duke.Duke hired Lafferty in 1987 and named him the executor of her $1.2 billion estate six months prior to her death in October 1993.
After Huntington's father died when he was 11, his mother moved the family to a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, known as "Seaverge" next to Rough Point, the mansion owned by tobacco heiress Doris Duke. The family also lived on a 1,000-acre (4.0 km 2) plantation in South Carolina called "Wando" as well as an apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". [1]
The billionaire New York City real estate developer and hotel magnate had amassed a fortune estimated to be somewhere between $5 billion and $8 billion, according to The New York Times.
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A part of English royalty, John Hervey inherited his fortune on his 21st birthday in the late ’70s. The $6 million inheritance would equate to close to $65 million by today’s calculations ...
[13] Duke Farms' restored habitats now include 30 endangered species and 230 varieties of birds, among which are the great blue heron and the bald eagle. [14] [15] In 2016, the mansion where Doris Duke lived was demolished in order to open up the north side of the property. [16] This opened up access to the Borough of Raritan and Raritan ...
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