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Industrialist, Businessman
Born George Huntington HARTFORD
American heir to the A&P supermarket fortune
Born on April 18, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA , United States
Died on May 19, 2008 in Lyford Cay, The Bahamas
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Edward was a successful inventor and manufacturer who perfected the automotive shock absorber. Along with his brothers, George Ludlum Hartford and John Augustine Hartford, Edward was also an heir to the A&P fortune and served as A&P's corporate secretary as well as one of three trustees that controlled A&P's stock.
... Huntington Hartford (1911–2008) (he did not use his first name, George) was born in New York City to Edward V. Hartford (1870–1922) and Henrietta Guerard Pollitzer (1881–1948) and was named for his grandfather, George Huntington Hartford, owner of the A&P grocery store chain.
Edward was a successful inventor and manufacturer who perfected the automotive shock absorber. Along with his brothers, George Ludlum Hartford and John Augustine Hartford, Edward was also an heir to the A&P fortune and served as A&P's corporate secretary as well as one of three trustees that controlled A&P's stock.
After Huntington's birth, the family moved to Deal, New Jersey, a wealthy community on the Atlantic shore.
When 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 Doris Duke. The family also lived on a 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) plantation in South Carolina called "Wando" as well as an apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
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