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The du Pont family (English: / d uː ˈ p ɒ n t /) [1] or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817), a French minor aristocrat. It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business.
The family's funeral was held at 2.30 pm at Saint-Félix Church in Nantes. The Dupont de Ligonnès family regularly attended this church, and Benoît was an altar server there. 1,400 people attended the funeral. [59] The family requested a simple ceremony with neither flowers nor wreaths. Significant security was provided for the event.
Pierre Samuel du Pont IV was born on January 22, 1935, in Wilmington, Delaware. [1] A member of the Du Pont family, he was the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont III and Jane Holcomb du Pont, grandson of Lammot du Pont II, and great nephew of Pierre S. du Pont, the developer of Longwood Gardens.
This category contains a listing of all articles and subcategories that have articles about people related to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (December 14, 1739 – August 7, 1817), patriarch of the prominent Du Pont family.
John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, [1] he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast.
The Titans That Built America is a six-hour, three-part miniseries docudrama which was originally broadcast on the History Channel on May 31, 2021. [1] The series focuses on the lives of Pierre S. du Pont, Walter Chrysler, JP Morgan Jr., William Boeing, Henry Kaiser, Charles Lindbergh, William S. Knudsen, John Raskob, Edsel Ford, and Henry Ford. [2]
DuPont was born October 5, 1968 in New York City, to Richard Simmons DuPont Sr., a private investor of the Du Pont family, and Emily T. Frick (née Troth). [1] [2] His mother would later marry Henry Clay Frick II and become chair of the Frick Collection. [3] [4] He is a direct descendant of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of the Du Pont ...
Unlike most of his family members, du Pont was not buried at the family's Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery. He is interred, along with his wife and brother-in-law, in a large mausoleum on the grounds of the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children , one of the first projects created with his trust.