Lord family

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Lord family
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Victor Lord's children (from left) Todd Manning (Roger Howarth), Tina Lord (Andrea Evans) and Victoria Lord (Erika Slezak) in a November 2011 episode
First appearanceJuly 15, 1968
Last appearanceAugust 19, 2013
Created by Agnes Nixon
Introduced byDoris Quinlan
Duration1968–2013

The Lord family are fictional characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live . They were introduced in the show's July 15, 1968 debut episode on ABC, and featured for the entirety of its run until the series ended on August 19, 2013.

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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 at Llanfair, a mansion in fictional Llanview, Pennsylvania. They own the communications business Lord Enterprises and its flagship publication, The Banner newspaper. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Generations

Ancestors

First generation

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.
Type 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

Employees and estate trustees

Family tree

Lord family tree
Irene Manning Dorothy Randolph Victor Lord Eugenia Randolph
Blair Cramer Todd Manning Téa Delgado Victor Lord Jr. Margaret Cochran Cord Roberts Tina Lord Larry Wolek Meredith Lord Tony Lord Pat Ashley Clint Buchanan Victoria Lord Joe Riley Roger Gordon
Starr Manning Cole Thornhart Danielle Manning Jack Manning Sam Manning C. J. Roberts Sarah Roberts Daniel Wolek Brian Kendall Robert Ford Jessica Buchanan Nash Brennan John McBain Natalie Buchanan Joey Buchanan Kevin Buchanan LeeAnn Demerest Megan Gordon
Hope Manning-Thornhart Ryder Asa Ford Bree Brennan Liam McBain Kelly Cramer Duke Buchanan
Kevin Buchanan Jr. Zane Buchanan
Notes:

    Descendants

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