Lord family

The Lord family is an original family of fictional characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live. They are introduced at the show's ABC debut episode July 15, 1968, and featured for the entirety of its canon until the show's final episode released August 19, 2013.

Created by Agnes Nixon, over 40 years of melodrama surrounding the lives and family of wealthy media mogul Victor Lord and his heiress daughter Victoria Lord establish the ensemble of characters as a central fixture throughout the serial.^[1][2][3] The family primarily resides in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania, owning communications business Lord Enterprises and its flagship publication, The Banner newspaper.^[4][5][6][7]

Generations

Ancestors

• Randolph Lord (Larry Pine)
  Lived in the late 1800s in the Old West as of 1988. Paternal grandfather of Victor Lord, Gwendolyn Lord, and Clayton-Powell Lord.

First generation

• Victor Lord (Ernest Graves, Shepperd Strudwick, William Stone Mahoney)
  Original character. Born off-screen September 12, 1916, dies onscreen June 16, 1976. Death revised onscreen to March 4, 2003.
• Gwendolyn Lord (Joan Copeland)
  Born pre-1916. Sister of Victor Lord.
• Clayton-Powell Lord, Sr. (mentioned character)
  Born post-1916. Brother of Victor Lord.

Second generation

• Victoria Lord (Gillian Spencer, Joanne Dorian, Erika Slezak)
  Original character. Born off-screen August 14, 1948 to Victor Lord and Eugenia Randolph Lord as of 1968.
• Meredith Lord (Trish Van Devere, Lynn Benesch)
  Original character. Born off-screen December 1, 1950 to Victor Lord and Eugenia Randolph Lord as of 1968; dies onscreen August 8, 1973.
• Anthony "Tony" Lord (George Reinholt, Philip MacHale, Chip Lucia)
  Born off-screen in 1945 to Victor Lord and Dorothy Randolph as of 1975; presumed dead September 18, 1983.
• Richard Abbott (Luke Reilly, Keith Langsdale, Robert Gribbon, Jeffrey Byron)
  Born off-screen in the early 1950s to Gwendolyn Lord Abbott and Jonathan Abbott as of 1978.
• Tina Lord (Andrea Evans, Kelli Maroney, Marsha Clark, Karen Witter, Krista Tesreau)
  Born off-screen March 14, 1962 to Victor Lord and Irene Manning Lord as of 1985.
• Thomas Todd Manning (Roger Howarth, Trevor St. John)
  Born off-screen January 2, 1970 to Victor Lord and Irene Manning as of 1995; birthday changed to April 29, 1968 as of 2013. Identical twin of Victor Lord, Jr.^[8]
• Clayton-Powell Lord, II (mentioned character)
  Born off-screen to Clayton-Powell Lord, Sr. and Margaret Lord as of 1993.
• Victor Lord, Jr. (Trevor St. John)
  Born off-screen January 2, 1970 to Victor Lord and Irene Manning as of 2011; birthday changed to April 29, 1968 as of 2013. Identical twin of Todd Manning.^[8][8]

Third generation

• Daniel Wolek (Timothy Waldrip, Steven Culp, Ted Demers, Joshua Cox, Michael Palance, and child actors)
  Born onscreen November 17, 1971 to Meredith Lord Wolek and Larry Wolek; birth year changed to 1966 as of 1983.
• Brian Kendall (Stephen Austin)
  Born off-screen in 1967 Tony Lord and Pat Ashley, adopted by Paul Kendall as of 1975; dies onscreen April 27, 1978.
• Kevin Lord Riley Buchanan (Kevin Stapleton, Timothy Gibbs, Dan Gauthier, and others)
  Born onscreen September 12, 1976 to Victoria Lord Riley and Joe Riley, adopted by Clint Buchanan; birth year changed to 1970 as of 1996.
• Joseph "Joey" Francis Riley Buchanan (Nathan Fillion, Don Jeffcoat, Bruce Michael Hall, Tom Degnan, and others)
  Born onscreen January 8, 1980 to Victoria Lord Riley and Joe Riley, adopted by Clint Buchanan; birth year changed to 1974 as of 2010.
• Jessica Eugenia Buchanan (Erin Torpey, Bree Williamson, and child actors)
  Born onscreen September 23, 1986 to Victoria Lord Buchanan and Clint Buchanan; birth year changed to 1981 as of 2001. Fraternal twin of Natalie Buchanan.
• Clinton James "C. J." Roberts (Tyler Noyes and others)
  Born onscreen April 3, 1987 to Tina Lord Roberts and Cord Roberts; birthday changed to 1981 as 2007.
• Megan Gordon (Jessica Tuck)
  Born off-screen December 25, 1963 to Victoria Lord Gordon and Roger Gordon birth year changed to 1965 as of 1989; dies onscreen February 7, 1992.
• Clayton-Powell "Powell" Lord III (Sean Moynihan)
  Born off-screen around 1970 to Clayton-Powell Lord II and Patricia Lord as of 1993; dies onscreen May 19, 2009.
• Sarah Victoria Roberts (Hayden Panettiere, Shanelle Workman, Justis Bolding, and others)
  Born onscreen February 6, 1991 to Tina Lord Roberts and Cord Roberts; birthday changed to 1985 as of 2007.
• Starr Manning (Kristen Alderson and child actors)
  Born onscreen January 8, 1996 to Todd Manning and Blair Cramer Manning; birth year changed to 1992 as of 1998.
• Natalie Buchanan (Melissa Archer)
  Born off-screen September 23, 1986 to Victoria Lord Buchanan and Clint Buchanan; birth year 1981 as of 2001. Fraternal twin of Jessica Buchanan.
• John "Jack" Cramer Manning (Carmen LoPorto, Andrew Trischitta, and child actors)
  Born onscreen October 11, 2001 to Todd Manning and Blair Cramer Manning; birth year changed to 1997 as of 2011.
• Samuel "Sam" Manning (Patrick Gibbons, Jr., others)
  Born onscreen February 5, 2006 to Trevor St. John's Todd Manning (retconned to Victor Lord, Jr. in 2011) and Margaret Cochran, adopted by Blair Cramer; birth year changed to 2004 as of 2010.
• Danielle Manning (Kelley Missal)
  Born off-screen in 2002 to Todd Manning and Téa Delgado; birth year October 20, 1995 as of 2009

Fourth generation

• Demerest "Duke" Buchanan (Matthew Metzger and child actors)
  Born onscreen June 29, 1992 to Kevin Buchanan and LeeAnn Demerest Buchanan; birth year changed to 1986 as of 2004, dies onscreen May 12, 2006.
• Bree Victoria Brennan (Stephanie Schmahl and others)
  Born onscreen May 1, 2006 to Jessica Buchanan and Nash Brennan.
• Hope Manning-Thornhart (child actors)
  Born onscreen November 6, 2008 to Starr Manning and Cole Thornhart; presumed dead in General Hospital crossover February 28, 2012.
• Ryder Asa Ford (child actors)
  Born onscreen January 11, 2011 to Jessica Buchanan and Robert Ford as of 2011.
• Liam Asa McBain (child actors)
  Born onscreen January 11, 2011 to Natalie Buchanan and John McBain as of 2011.

Fifth generation

• Zane Buchanan (child actors)
  Born onscreen October 31, 2006 to Duke Buchanan and Kelly Cramer.

Introduction

At the show's debut in July 1968, patriarch Victor Dalby Lord is introduced as the wealthy publisher of the regional newspaper, The Banner, in the fictional Philadelphia Main Line town of Llanview, Pennsylvania, and owner of media conglomerate Lord Enterprises. Victor lives at his ancestral, 18th-century country estate named Llanfair with his daughters Victoria (nicknamed "Viki") and Meredith. Victor's wife and Victoria and Meredith's mother, Eugenia Randolph Lord, dies while giving birth to Meredith. With no son to succeed him, Victor concentrates on grooming elder Viki strictly, with her position as legal heiress to his fortune. As a result of this lifelong pressure, Viki, newly arrived from college, allows herself little time for romantic entanglements, focusing her energy on her inherited media career and her father's approval. Conversely, frail and emotional, yet free-spirited Meredith, all but overlooked by Victor, sought escape from his oppression and the future he had laid out for his daughters.

Lord Enterprises, Inc.

Lord Enterprises, Inc. are the legacy media assets of Victor Lord,^[4][10] including The Banner daily newspaper, WVL/WVLE-TV, WVLE radio, and life interest of the Llanfair estate. Victor's heiress daughter, Victoria, inherits publishing rights to the Banner newspaper as a part of Victor's initial will in 1976. Dorian Cramer Lord is initially bequeathed the landed Llanfair estate and part-ownership of WVL/WVLE-TV, WVLE radio, and The Banner; Viki purchases Dorian's stake in the newspaper soon after Victor's death. Victor's nephew Richard Abbott is appointed head of the European bureau of The Banner in 1979 by Viki's then-husband Joe Riley. The landed estate and majority ownership of the broadcast media outlets revert to Victoria in 1982 due to a codicil stipulating Llanfair and legacy assets return to the legal biological Lord heir (1976) if Victor's spouse remarries, which Dorian does at Llanfair with attorney Herb Callison that year. Dorian continues to live at Llanfair until she is forcibly removed by Viki's new husband, Clint Buchanan later that year. Tina Lord (formerly Tina Clayton) gains rightful access to the estate when Victor reveals her paternity to him in a letter during The Banner newspaper's 50th anniversary celebrations in 1985. Richard briefly takes over the company when Viki suffers a recurrent bout with her mental illness in 1986. Todd Manning is revealed to be Victor's illegitimate son and rightful male heir in 1995, gaining him partial ownership of WVLE radio, access to Llanfair, and an inherited trust of $30 million.

The Sun tabloid newspaper (formerly Dorian's The Intruder) is bought and edited by Todd Manning with millions of dollars in inheritance bequeathed to him at the revelation of his paternity to Victor in 1995; Todd's twin brother, Victor Lord, Jr., assumes ownership of Todd's assets (under his brother's identity) from 2003 until Victor, Jr.'s apparent death in 2011. Victor, Jr.'s assets are betrothed to Irene Manning as part of Victor, Jr.'s will, access which then reverts to legal heiress Tina at Irene's death in October 2011. Later in court proceedings, Tina relinquishes control of Todd's assets, returning them to Todd. Concurrently in October 2011, Jack Manning is named executive assistant and editor for The Sun by Victor, Jr., a position he keeps when Todd returns to work for the company. Jessica Buchanan reports for both her grandfather and mother's newspaper, The Banner, and her uncle's tabloid, The Sun, at various times in the 1990s and 2000s.

Todd founds subsidiary Manning Enterprises in June 2012, purchasing Port Charles publications Crimson magazine and The Port Charles Sun (formerly The Port Charles Press) newspaper. Upon the Todd's exit from Port Charles, his Port Charles acquisitions revert to their former names and prior ownerships.

Companies

• The Banner – Chief daily newspaper for Llanview, Pennsylvania with a European bureau in Paris
• The Sun – Tabloid newspaper in Llanview and primary competitor of The Banner (formerly The Intruder)
• WVL/WVLE-TV – Local television station which produces news, talk, and television programming in Llanview
• WVLE – Radio station for Llanview University and surrounding community
• Manning Enterprises – Port Charles, New York publications Crimson magazine and The Port Charles Sun (formerly The Port Charles Press) tabloid, a cable television franchise, a sports publication, and two publishing houses (2012–13)
• Lord/Manning Plant – Power plant owned by Victoria Lord and Clint Buchanan (1984–85)

Employees and estate trustees

• Chairwoman/CEO: Victoria Lord – Publisher of the The Banner newspaper, owner of WVL-TV and WVLE radio
• Co-owner: Dorian Lord
• Co-owner: Todd Manning – Co-owner of WVLE radio, publisher of The Sun
• Trustee: Richard Abbott – Managing editor of the European bureau of The Banner
• Trustee: Tina Lord
• Trustee: Victor Lord, Jr.
• Trustee: Kevin Riley Buchanan – Editor for The Banner
• Trustee: Joey Riley Buchanan
• Trustee: Jessica Buchanan – Journalist for The Banner and The Sun
• Trustee: Natalie Buchanan
• Trustee: Starr Manning
• Trustee: Jack Manning – Editor and executive assistant for The Sun

Family tree

Descendants

Randolph Lord
m. Virginia "Ginny" Fletcher
  c. Unknown man
    m. Unknown woman
      c. Clayton-Powell Lord Sr. (deceased)
        m. Margaret Maiden name Unknown
          c. Clayton-Powell Lord II (deceased)
            m. Trish Maiden name Unknown
              c. Clayton-Powell Lord III (died 2009)
      c. Victor Lord, Sr. (born 1916; died 2003)
        a. Dorothy Randolph (deceased)
          c. Tony Lord (born 1945; died 1983)
            a. Pat Ashley
              c. Brian Kendall (born 1967; died 1978)
            m. Cathy Craig [1976-1977; divorced]
            m. Pat Ashley [1982-1983; dissolved]
        m. Eugenia Randolph Lord [1940s-1950; dissolved]
          c. Victoria Lord (born 1946)
            m. Roger Gordon [early 1960s; annulled]
              c. Megan Gordon (born 1963; died 1992)
                m. Jake Harrison [1991-1992; dissolved]
            m. Joe Riley [1969-1971; annulled]
            m. Steve Burke [1972-1974; divorced]
            m. Joe Riley [1974-1979; dissolved]
              c. Kevin Buchanan (born 1976; adopted by Clint)
                m. LeeAnn Demerest [1992-1993; divorced]
                  c. Duke Buchanan (born 1992; died 2006)
                    a. Kelly Cramer
                      c. Zane Buchanan (born 2006)
                m. Cassie Callison [1998-1999; annulled]
                m. Kelly Cramer [2003-2004; divorced]
                  c. Kevin Buchanan, Jr. (stillborn; 2004)
              c. Joey Buchanan (born 1980; adopted by Clint)
                m. Kelly Cramer [2000-2001; divorced]
                m. Jennifer Rappaport [2003-2004; divorced]
                  c. Unnamed child (miscarriage 2003)
                m. Aubrey Wentworth [2011; divorced]
            m. Clint Buchanan [1982-1985; divorced]
            m. Clint Buchanan [1986-1994; divorced]
              c. Jessica Buchanan (born 1986; twin)
                a. Will Rappaport
                  c. Megan Buchanan (stillborn; 1999)
                m. Tico Santi [2004; annulled]
                a. Nash Brennan
                  c. Bree Brennan (born 2006)
                m. Antonio Vega [2006-2007; divorced]
                m. Nash Brennan [2007-2008; widowed]
                  c. Chloe Brennan (stillborn; 2008)
                a. Robert Ford
                  c. Ryder Ford (born 2011)
                m. Robert Ford [2011; annulled]
                m. Cutter Wentworth [2011; divorced]
              c. Natalie Buchanan (born 1986; twin; stolen at birth)
                m. Mitch Laurence [2002-2003; annulled]
                m. Cristian Vega [2003-2005; divorced]
                m. Jared Banks [2009; dissolved]
                a. John McBain
                  c. Liam McBain (born 2011)
            m. Sloan Carpenter [1994-1995; dissolved]
            m. Ben Davidson [2000-2004; dissolved]
            m. Charlie Banks [2009-2011; divorced]
          c. Meredith Lord (born 1950; died 1973)
            m. Larry Wolek [1970-1973; dissolved]
              c. Daniel Wolek (born 1971; twin)
              c. Unnamed daughter (stillborn 1971; twin)
        m. Irene Manning [1960s; divorced]
          c. Tina Lord (born 1962)
            m. Cord Roberts [1986-1987; divorced]
              c. C. J. Roberts (born 1987)
            a. Patrick London
              c. Unnamed child (miscarriage 1988)
            m. Cord Roberts [1988-1990; divorced]
            m. Cord Roberts [1991-1993; divorced]
              c. Sarah Roberts (born 1991)
            m. Cain Rogan [1994; invalid]
            m. David Vickers [1995; divorced]
            m. Cord Roberts [2011-; married]
        a. Irene Manning[11]
          c. Todd Manning (born 1970; twin) {put up for adoption}
            m. Blair Cramer [1995; annulled]
              c. Unnamed son (miscarriage 1995)
            m. Blair Cramer [1995-1997; divorced]
              c. Starr Manning (born 1996)
                a. Cole Thornhart
                  c. Hope Manning-Thornhart (born 2008; died 2012)
            m. Téa Delgado [1997-1998; divorced]
            m. Téa Delgado [1998-1999; annulled]
            m. Blair Cramer [2001-2002; divorced]
              c. Jack Manning (born 2001)
            a. Téa Delgado
              c. Danielle Manning (born 2002)
            m. Blair Cramer [2013-; married]
          c. Victor Lord, Jr. (born 1970; twin)
            m. Blair Cramer [2003-2004; annulled]
            r. Margaret Cochran {she raped Victor}
              c. Sam Manning (born 2006; adopted by Blair)
            a. Blair Cramer
              c. Unnamed son (miscarriage 2006)
            m. Blair Cramer [2007-2008; divorced]
            m. Téa Delgado [2009; invalid]
            m. Téa Delgado [2010-; married]
              c. Victor Lord III (stillborn; 2012)
        m. Dorian Cramer [1975-2003; dissolved]
      c. Gwendolyn Lord (deceased)
        m. Jonathan Abbott [dissolved by his death]
          c. Richard Abbott
            m. Becky Lee Hunt [1978-1981; divorced]

References

Notes

External links

• Lord family tree – ABC.com
• Lord family tree – SoapCentral.com