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Name: CHANLER, William Astor

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Birth Date: 11 June 1867 Newport, Rhode Is.

Death Date: 4 March 1934 Menton, France

Nationality: American

First Date: 1889

Profession: Amateur explorer - Taveta 1889 - engaged porters at Zanzibar July 1892 for expedition to Masai District, between the Tana & Juba Rivers; dep. Lamu 18/9/1892; arr. Zanzibar from Mombasa 17/2/1894 and accused of ill treating porters.

Married: In Manhattan 4 Dec 1903 Beatrice Minerva Ashley b. 7 May 1880 Dartmouth, Massachusetts, d. 19 June 1946 Portland, Maine, actress (separated 1909)

Children: William Astor (24 Sep 1904 New York-2002); Sidney Ashley (16 Nov 1907 Great Neck, New York-1994)

Author: 'Through Jungle & Desert' 1896

Book Reference: North, Chanler, Chandler, Wikipedia

War Service: Spanish-American War 1898

School: Harvard

General Information:

North - Accused by IBEA Co. officials of ill treating porters but before any action could be taken he left the country, Feb 1894
Chanler - potted biography
Chanler's Falls named for him
Biog Dict of US Congress (son of John Winthrop Chanler), a Representative from New York; born in Newport, R.I., June 11, 1867; attended St. John's School, Ossining, N.Y., Phillips Academy, Exeter, N.H., and Harvard University for two years; Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society of London; explored the territory in the vicinity of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1889; delegate to the State Republican convention at Saratoga in 1896; member of the State assembly in 1897; during the Spanish-American War was appointed captain and assistant adjutant general of Volunteers on May 10, 1898; served as acting ordnance officer, Cavalry Division, Fifth Army Corps, from May 23 to August 23, 1898; participated in the Battle of Santiago; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901); was not a candidate for renomination in 1900; traveler, author, and explorer; moved to Europe in 1920; died in Menton, A. M., France, March 4, 1934; interment in Trinity Church Cemetery, New York City.

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