Hope Rockefeller Aldrich
Hope Aldrich Rockefeller Spencer (born May 17, 1938) is the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, III, and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller. Her older brother is Jay Rockefeller, the prominent Democratic U.S. senator from West Virginia. She is a great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller I, the Standard Oil founder.
Aldrich pursued a career in journalism and has worked for Long Island's Newsday, Beijing's China Daily, New York's The Village Voice, and the Washington Monthly. She worked for the Santa Fe Reporter in the 1980s before she bought the newspaper and became its publisher.
She continues to reside in New Mexico and as of 1996, Aldrich was New Mexico's third wealthiest resident. Her net worth was approximately $250 million at that time. She now lives in Corona Del Mar, California.
Married in 1959 to John Spencer (February 3, 1930–) (a descendant from a second cousin of Mary Anna Randolph Custis and through him from Charles II, King of England and King of Scotland), they were the parents of:
- David Hooker Spencer (December 1, 1961–)
- Benjamin Murray Spencer (December 11, 1964–)
- Theodore Spencer (August 3, 1966–)
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Johann Peter Rockefeller (1682–1763, arrived in America ca.1723) • (grandson) William Rockefeller • Godfrey Rockefeller (1745–1818) • Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1784–1857) • William Avery Rockefeller |
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| William Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906) |
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John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937)
William Rockefeller (1841–1922) |
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Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962)
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960)
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William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934)
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973) |
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John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972)
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John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004)
Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973)
David Rockefeller (1915)
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Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960) |
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Jay Rockefeller (1937)
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Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000)
Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936) |
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