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George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (February 27, 1925 – October 19, 2020) was an American businessman who was the owner and chairman of Biltmore Farms. [1] [2] Biography
George Cecil Ives (1 October 1867 – 4 June 1950) was an English poet, writer, penal reformer and early homosexual law reform campaigner. Life and career.
In 1893, shortly after meeting Wilde, George Cecil Ives, a friend of Wilde's whose diaries contain many new details of the writer's life, founded a secret society called the Order of Chaeronea, aimed at promoting 'the Cause'. [5] The society was named "after the battle where the male lovers of the Theban Band were slaughtered in 338 BC."
The Biltmore Company was started in 1933, and it was divided between William Cecil and his elder brother (George Cecil) in the late 1970s. George Cecil's company, called Biltmore Farms, focused on development, including Biltmore Park. [1] George and Edith Vanderbilt were very environmentally conscious, and they sold over 86,000 acres of the ...
Under the leadership of Vanderbilt's grandson George H. V. Cecil, the dairy operation grew throughout the latter half of the twentieth century to serve customers in five states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Virginia. 'Biltmore Dairy Bars and milk delivery trucks became iconic symbols.
George Cecil Jones, Jr. (10 January 1873 – 30 October 1960), [1] was an English chemist, occultist, one time member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and co-founder of the magical order A∴A∴. According to author and occultist Aleister Crowley, [2] Jones lived for some time in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, working at a metallurgy ...
George Cecil "Kid" Woodruff Sr. (November 29, 1888 – November 16, 1968) was an American businessman and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Georgia from 1923 to 1927, compiling a record of 30–16–1.
The Cecils were descendants of William Cecil. [13] The nationally renowned organist from St. Louis Charles Henry Galloway played organ at the wedding. They divorced in 1934. [14] Cornelia Vanderbilt and Cecil were the parents of two sons: [15] George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil (1925–2020), who married Nancy Owen (1930–2016). [16]