Lewis Cass Ledyard (4 de abril de 1851-27 de enero de 1932) fue un abogado de la ciudad de Nueva York . Fue socio de la firma Carter Ledyard & Milburn , asesor personal de JP Morgan y presidente del Colegio de Abogados de la ciudad de Nueva York .
Lewis Cass Ledyard | |
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Nació | 4 de abril de 1851 |
Fallecido | 27 de enero de 1932 (80 años) Nueva York , EE. UU. |
Educación | Instituto Charlier |
alma mater | Columbia College Harvard College Harvard Law School |
Esposos) | Príncipe Gertrudis ( m. 1878 ; murió 1905) Frances Isabel Morris ( m. 1906; |
Niños | Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr. |
Padres) | Henry Ledyard Matilda Frances Cass |
Parientes | Lewis Cass (abuelo) |
Vida temprana
Lewis Cass Ledyard nació en Detroit , Michigan , en 1851, en una familia estadounidense establecida. Fue el cuarto de los cinco hijos de Henry Brockholst Ledyard (1812-1880) y Matilda Frances Cass (1808-1898). Su padre era abogado, diplomático y alcalde de Detroit . [1] Ledyard tenía tres hermanas y un hermano, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, quien se convirtió en presidente del Ferrocarril Central de Michigan y era un filántropo muy conocido.
Sus abuelos paternos fueron Benjamin Ledyard (1779-1812), un destacado abogado de Nueva York, y Susan French (de soltera Livingston) (1789-1864). Su abuela era hija del coronel de la guerra revolucionaria y juez de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757–1823) y nieta del primer gobernador de Nueva Jersey, William Livingston . [2]
Su abuelo materno, el general Lewis Cass (1782–1866), había sido gobernador del territorio de Michigan y senador de los Estados Unidos por el estado de Michigan , y se desempeñó como secretario de estado durante la presidencia de James Buchanan . Su abuela materna, Elizabeth (de soltera Spencer) Cass, era nieta del general de división Joseph Spencer , quien sirvió en la Revolución Americana bajo George Washington . Su tía, Isabella Cass, se casó con Theodorus Marinus Roest van Limburg , barón van Limburg (1806–1887), el ministro holandés de Relaciones Exteriores . [1] Su sobrina, Matilda Cass Ledyard (1871-1960), se casó con el barón Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), un diplomático alemán. [3] [4]
Educación
Ledyard se preparó para la universidad en Charlier Institute, una escuela francesa en la ciudad de Nueva York. [5] Se matriculó en la Universidad de Columbia en 1868, sino que se transfieren después de su primer año de la Universidad de Harvard , donde recibió su Licenciatura en Artes grado en 1872. Posteriormente asistió a la Escuela de Derecho de Harvard , donde se graduó con Maestría y Licenciatura en Derecho grados en 1875. Luego se mudó a la ciudad de Nueva York, donde fue admitido en el colegio de abogados en 1875, convirtiéndose en un abogado de sexta generación en su familia. [6]
Carrera profesional
En 1875, Ledyard conoció al abogado James Coolidge Carter y se unió a su firma, entonces conocida como Scudder & Carter, el mismo año. Fue admitido como socio en 1880. En 1904, se unió el abogado John G. Milburn de Buffalo , creando la moderna firma Carter, Ledyard & Milburn . [7]
Ledyard, que tenía un interés personal en la navegación, comenzó su práctica en el derecho del almirantazgo , pero pronto se expandió a la práctica general. Tras la aprobación de la Sherman Antitrust Act en 1890, Ledyard se convirtió en un destacado asesor de las industrias del acero , el petróleo y el tabaco . En 1911, cuando la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos dictaminó que American Tobacco Company había violado la Ley Sherman, Ledyard supervisó la reestructuración corporativa de la empresa . [8] Ledyard también se desempeñó como abogado de la United States Steel Corporation y la Bolsa de Valores de Nueva York , así como también como abogado personal de John Pierpont Morgan . [9]
En 1903, Ledyard también supervisó la aprobación de un proyecto de ley en la Legislatura del Estado de Nueva York que requería la electrificación de las líneas ferroviarias en la estación Grand Central después de una colisión de trenes mortal en 1902. El proyecto de ley y las mejoras posteriores dieron como resultado la cobertura de las vías del tren en el exterior. la estación, la extensión de Park Avenue y la expansión de valiosos inmuebles en los alrededores. [10]
Civic involvement
In addition to his professional career, Ledyard was a prominent figure in New York society and civic life. Along with John Lambert Cadwalader, he was a founder of the New York Public Library and served as its president from Decmember 12, 1917 until January 12, 1932. He served as a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Pierpont Morgan Library, and was a founding trustee of the Frick Collection.[9]
He served on a number of corporate boards including First National Bank of New York, United States Trust Company of New York, Great Northern Paper Company, American Express Company, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, National Park Bank, and several railroads.
From 1901 to 1902, Ledyard also served as Commodore of the New York Yacht Club.[7] In 1914, he became a member of the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati by right of his descent from Captain Jonathan Cass who served during the American Revolution.
Vida personal
On April 11, 1878, Ledyard married to Gertrude Prince (1851–1905), the daughter of Col. William E. Prince.[9] They had one child, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr. (1879–1936), who married Ruth Langdon Emery (1881–1966).[11][12]
After his first wife's death in 1905, he sold their home at 2 East 87th Street and took an apartment in the Tiffany Apartment at 27 East 72nd Street. On June 6, 1906,[9] he married Frances Isabel Morris, the divorced wife of Thurlow Weed Barnes, brother of photographer Catharine Weed Barnes and grandson of publisher Thurlow Weed.[7] She was a daughter of John Albert Morris, a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing, and a sister of Alfred Hennen Morris and Dave Hennen Morris,[7] and had two daughters, Jean Morris Barnes (1893-1963),[13] who married Mansfield Ferry (1882–1938),[14] and Muriel Hennen Morris, who first married Barrington Moore Sr. (1883-1966), in 1910,[15][16] and later, Richard L. Stokes (1883-1957),[17][18] in 1929.[19]
Lewis Cass Ledyard died at his home in New York City on January 27, 1932.[5] He was buried at the Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island. His services were conducted by Rev. Dr. George A. Buttrick and the Rev. Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin.[17] His estate was valued in excess of $10,000,000 upon his death.[20]
Descendants
Through his son, he was the grandfather of Lewis Cass Ledyard III (1911–1990),[21] Dorothy Cass Ledyard, who first married Hugh McLeod Fenwick (1905–1991) (he divorced her in 1931 to marry Millicent Vernon Hammond),[22] and later, Richard Allen Knight (d. 1947),[23][24] in 1933,[25] and Ruth Emery Ledyard, who married William de Rham, a great-great grandson of Stephen Whitney, in 1928,[26] and later, William Vernon Chickering Ruxton (1891–1958),[11] in 1932.[27] Her second marriage also ended in divorce in 1943, after the couple had been living at Wraxall Manor in Dorset, England.[28]
Referencias
- Notes
- ^ a b Klunder, Willard Carl (1996). Lewis Cass and the Politics of Moderation. Kent State University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780873385367. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. New York: The Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ Michigan, University of (1960). The President's Report to the Board of Regents for the Academic Year ... Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year. UM Libraries. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ Bragg, Amy Elliott (October 20, 2011). Hidden History of Detroit. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781614233459. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ a b "L. CASS LEDYARD, DIED LAWYER, DIES; Friend and Associate of the Elder J. P. Morgan Victim of Heart Disease at 80. FORMED BIG CORPORATIONS Director on Many Boards Gave Large Sum to Charity Former Commodore of N. Y. Yacht Club". The New York Times. January 28, 1932. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Sheldon, Edward. "Memorial of Lewis Cass Ledyard." The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1932. p. 363
- ^ a b c d "LEWIS CASS LEDYARD MARRIES MRS. MORRIS; Their Engagement, Made Three Weeks Ago, Not Announced. FEW AT THE QUIET WEDDING The Bride Was the Wife of Thurlow Weed Barnes -- Dave Hennen Morris a Brother". The New York Times. 7 June 1906. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ United States v. American Tobacco Co., 221 U.S. 106 (1911)
- ^ a b c d Psi Upsilon (1932). The Diamond of Psi Upsilon. Psi Upsilon Fraternity. pp. 170–171. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Edward Sheldon. "Memorial of Lewis Cass Ledyard." The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1932. p. 368.
- ^ a b "L.C. LEDYARD JR., 56, ATTORNEY, IS DEAD; Member of the Law Firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn -- Hospital Governor. CITY LIBRARY TREASURER Also Trustee of Pierpont Morgan Library and Payne Whitney Philanthropic Fund". The New York Times. 2 May 1936. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "$4,000,000 WILLED BY L.C. LEDYARD JR.; Widow Receives Bulk of Estate -- Bequests Are Made to Two Hospitals and a Nursery". The New York Times. 9 May 1936. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MRS. MANSFIELD FERRY". The New York Times. 11 November 1963. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MANSFIELD FERRY, LAWYER 30 YEARS; Member of New York Law Firm Is Stricken at 56". The New York Times. 5 September 1938. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MISS MURIEL MORRIS A BRIDE.; Wedded to Barrington Moore of the United States Forestry Service". The New York Times. 21 December 1910. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White & Co. 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ a b "L. CASS LEDYARD BURIED.; Body Rests in Family Plot in Island Cemetery, Newport". The New York Times. 1 February 1932. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "RICHARD STOKES, NEWSMAN, CRITIC; Ex-Chief of Post-Dispatch Bureau in Capital Dies-- 'Merry Mount' Librettist". The New York Times. 2 August 1957. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MRS. MURIEL MOORE; Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard's Daughter Bride of Music Critic in Municipal Chapel". The New York Times. 19 May 1929. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "L.C. LEDYARD WILLED $2,000,000 TO LIBRARY; Besides Gift to Public Institution, Lawyer Left $250,000 to Pierpont Morgan Library. ESTATE PUT AT $10,000,000 Son Chief Beneficiary, Receiving Residuary After Payment of $5,127,000 Bequests. $500,000 TRUST FOR WIDOW She Also Gets Newport Property, and $1,000,000 Outright -- Generous Legacies to Employes". The New York Times. 4 February 1932. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Lewis Cass Ledyard 3d; Horse Breeder, 79". The New York Times. 4 December 1990. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MISS LEDYARD WED TO HUGH M. FENWICK; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Ledyard Jr. Married in St. John's Church, Cold Spring Harbor RECEPTION AT WESTWOOD Miss Sophie Connett Marries Tom L. Johnson in Grace Church Chantry--Other Nuptials". The New York Times. 14 October 1928. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ New York Court of Appeals (1942). Court of Appeals: State of New York. p. 139. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ Pomeroy, Edwin Moore (1958). History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family and Collateral Lines, England, Ireland, America; Comprising the Ancestors and Descendants of George Pomeroy of Pennsylvania. W. McL. and J.N. Pomeroy. p. 1147. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MRS. FENWICK PLANS TO BE MARRIED NOV. 2; Granddaughter of Late Counsel to J. Pierpont Morgan Will Be Wed to R. A. Knight". The New York Times. 27 October 1933. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "RUTH LEDYARD WEDS WILLIAM DE RHAM; Society Throng in Grace Church at Ceremony Performed by Rev. Dr. W.G. Thayer. FATHER ESCORTS THE BRIDE Marriage Unites Descendants of Old New York Families--Wedding Trip in Europe. Eight Bridesmaids. Among the Guests. Levy--Lewis". The New York Times. 9 November 1928. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "MRS. DE RHAM WED TO W. V. C. RUXTON; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Ledyard Married at Parents' Home by Rev. C. A. Buttrick. A SURPRISE TO FRIENDS Couple's Betrothal Was Not Formally Announced Second Marriage for Each". The New York Times. 8 March 1932. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "DIVORCES W.V.C. RUXTON; Wife Gets Custody of Twins in Florida Court Action". The New York Times. 16 June 1943. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- Sources
- Sheldon, Edward. "Memorial of Lewis Cass Ledyard." The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 1932.
- Martin, George. Causes and Conflicts: The Centennial History of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1997.
enlaces externos
- Lewis Cass Ledyard at Find a Grave