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Duke Gardens were the center of a controversy [55] over the decision by the trustees of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (now Doris Duke Foundation) to close them on May 25, 2008. [ 56 ] In 1963, Duke funded the construction of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 's ashram on land leased from the state forestry department of Uttar Pradesh in India. [ 57 ]
Much of the remainder of Duke's approximately $100 million (equivalent to $1.74 billion in 2023 [6]) estate went to his daughter Doris Duke, who became "the richest girl in the world". [8] In 1927, Doris sued her mother for control of the family house in Manhattan and won. [9] Doris also successfully sued for control of the Duke Farms estate.
Duke Farms is a center of the Doris Duke Foundation. A decision was made to renovate the estate as "a model of environmental stewardship in the 21st Century and (to) inspire visitors to become informed stewards of the land." [10] While reorganizing the estate, little was accessible to the public.
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.
Doris's memorable debutante ball was held at the estate in 1929. Doris Duke continued to spend her summers at Rough Point; but, after the New England Hurricane of 1938 that devastated Rhode Island, and with the advent of World War II, Doris Duke's visits became less frequent. In the early 1950s, Doris Duke took up permanent residence in New ...
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James Henry Roberts Cromwell (June 4, 1896 – March 19, 1990) was an American diplomat, candidate for the United States Senate, author, and one-time husband of Doris Duke, "the richest girl in the world". [1] He was the United States Ambassador to Canada.