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About Col. Delancey Astor Kane
- Delancey's birth and death information are available in his obituary in The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, April 6, 1915, page 3. He was credited with introducing the first coach-and-four to New York City. He was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, and served for two years in the United States cavalry. Delancey studied at Trinity College at Cambridge University, England, and earned a law degree at Columbia University in New York City. His maternal grandmother was Dorothea Astor, a daughter of multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor. Delancey's personal fortune, in 1915, was estimated to be $10 million.
- A detailed biography of Delancey life's is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeLancey_Astor_Kane
- Delancey's passport application form (dated 28 December 1907) provided this information (see "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJG-RJK1 : 16 March 2018), De Lancey Kane, 1907; citing Passport Application, New York, United States, source certificate #43882, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 50, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.):
- He was born on 28 August 1844 in Newport, Rhode Island, and his permanent address was in Newport.
- He was 63 years old; 5-feet, 7-inches tall; had brown eyes and gray hair; a prominent nose, a square chin, a mustache, and a ruddy complexion.
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Col. Delancey Astor Kane's Timeline
| 1844 |
August 28, 1844
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Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
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| 1877 |
December 28, 1877
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| 1915 |
April 4, 1915
Age 70
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New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States
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