Lord family

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Lord family
One Life to Live and General Hospital family
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Victor Lord's children, from left, Todd Manning (Roger Howarth), Tina Lord Roberts (Andrea Evans) and Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak), as seen in a 2011 episode.
Type Fictional family
Created by Agnes Nixon
Origin One Life to Live
Original run July 15, 1968 (1968-07-15) – August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
First appearance
  • Episode 1, July 15, 1968 (July 15, 1968) (One Life to Live)
  • Episode 12,503, February 24, 2012 (General Hospital)
Last appearance
  • Episode 12,772, March 20, 2013 (General Hospital)
  • Episode 11,196, August 19, 2013 (August 19, 2013) (One Life to Live)
Address Llanfair
1177 Regency Drive
Llanview, Pennsylvania 19100

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

Third generation

Fourth generation

Fifth generation

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.
Private
Industry
Founded Llanview, Pennsylvania, United States (1935 (1935))[9]
Founder Victor Lord
Headquarters Llanview
Number of locations
2
Area served
Key people
Victoria Lord (Chair and CEO)
Products
Services
Owner
Divisions
  • The Banner newspaper
  • WVLE radio
  • WVLE/WVL-TV
  • The Sun newspaper

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

Family tree

Lord family tree

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Notes:

Descendants

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]
Notes

References

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