Anthony Dryden Marshall

Anthony Dryden Marshall (

Known as Tony, Marshall was the only child of the American philanthropist Brooke Astor and her first husband, New Jersey state senator John Dryden Kuser.^[1] Marshall was the stepson of Charles H. Marshall (his mother's second husband, whose surname he adopted at the age of 18).^{[citation needed]}

By his father's second marriage, he had a half-sister, Suzanne Dryden Kuser (born November 24, 1931), who served with the U.S.

Marshall attended Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts. After enlisting in 1942 during World War II, he served with the U.S. Marine Corps (his grandfather John H. Russell Jr. had served as commandant of the Marine Corps before the war) and led his platoon in the battle of Iwo Jima, attaining the rank of captain and earning a Purple Heart. After the end of the war he enrolled in Brown University.

Career

Marshall was the

Marshall was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Cynthia Cryan, whom he married on July 26, 1947, in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.^[3] The groom's stepfather Charles Marshall was his best man.^[4] They had twin sons:

• Alexander R. Marshall (born May 14, 1953), a photographer
• Philip Cryan Marshall (born May 14, 1953), a tenured professor and director of historic preservation at Roger Williams University until 2017 when he left the position to dedicate his efforts full-time to elder justice as the founder of Beyond Brooke.

His second wife was his former secretary Thelma Hoegnell (born May 11, 1928), whom he married on December 29, 1962.^[5] The couple were divorced on January 24, 1992, reportedly following Marshall's affair with Charlene Gilbert, the wife of an Episcopal priest in Northeast Harbor, Maine.^[6]

His third wife and widow, whom he married in 1992, is the former Charlene Detwiler Tyler (born July 28, 1945), the former wife of Paul E. Gilbert, a naval officer turned Episcopal priest, and a daughter of Charles Matthew Tyler, an insurance actuary and businessman of Charleston, S.C. By this marriage Marshall had two stepdaughters Arden (born 1969) and Inness (born 1972) and a stepson Robert (born 1976).

In July 2006 Philip Marshall filed suit against his father alleging mistreatment of his grandmother Brooke Astor and mismanagement of her funds. He requested that Anthony Marshall be dismissed as her guardian and replaced by family friend Annette de la Renta. That request was granted temporarily pending a court hearing on August 8, 2006. In December 2006 based on a Court Evaluator's report Anthony Marshall was found not guilty of elder abuse.

Trial

On November 27, 2007, Marshall surrendered to authorities at the

The trial of Marshall and Morrissey started March 30, 2009, coincidentally his late mother's birthday.[9] On October 8, 2009, Marshall was found guilty of 14 of the 16 charges, including first-degree grand larceny.^[10] Although he had his mother's General Durable Power of Attorney since the 1970s, jurors convicted him of giving himself an unauthorized raise bringing his salary up to about $1 million for managing his mother's finances which he had managed since 1977 earning $82 million.

On December 21, 2009, Marshall was sentenced to one to three years in New York State prison.^[11] Marshall's attorneys appealed citing jury tampering^[12] but the appeal was rejected. 89-year-old Marshall reported to prison on June 21, 2013.^[13]

However, after serving just eight weeks of his sentence, the 89-year-old Marshall had grown so sick and frail that he was granted medical parole on August 22, 2013. His health problems included Parkinson's disease and congestive heart failure; his lawyers claimed he could not walk, stand or dress himself.^[14] Marshall died on November 30, 2014, at the age of 90 with his wife Charlene by his side.^[15]

References

External links

• Steve Fishman, "Mrs. Astor's Baby: The Fight for A Mother's Love, And Money", New York Magazine, November 12, 2007
• Indictment, New York v. Anthony D. Marshall and Francis Morrissey