Who was the owner of the St. Regis on the Titanic?
Who was the owner of the St. Regis on the Titanic? John Jacob Astor died when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912. His 20-year-old son Vincent Astor inherited $150 million of real estate, including the St. Regis Hotel, which had been valued at $2.675 million.
Who refused to get off the Titanic?
Captains of industry John Jacob Astor IV and Benjamin Guggenheim both went down with the ship, as did Macy's co-owner Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, who refused to leave his side.
Why is it called St. Regis?
At his niece's suggestion, Astor named the new hotel after Upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks, which in turn was named for French Jesuit priest Jean-François Régis.