Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr.
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1859 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 5, 1901 (aged 41) |
| Alma mater | Columbia College |
| Occupations | socialite, sportsman |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Margaret, Princess Murat |
| Parent(s) | Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant |
| Relatives | Stuyvesant family |
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Jr. (March 31, 1859 – January 5, 1901) was an American socialite and sportsman from New York City known for breeding fox terrier dogs.[1] He was also a member of the Stuyvesant family.
Early life
Rutherford was born on March 31, 1859, in New York City. He was sixth of seven children born to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892), a prominent astronomer, and Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant (1820–1890) of the Stuyvesant family.[2] His elder siblings included Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (1843–1909),[3] Louisa Morris Rutherfurd (1855–1892), Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (1853-1916), who was married to Henry White, and Winthrop Rutherfurd (1862–1944), best known for his romance with Consuelo Vanderbilt and his marriage to Lucy Mercer, mistress to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[4]
His paternal grandparents were Robert Walter Rutherfurd (1788–1852) and Sabina Morris (1789–1857) of Morrisania. He was a great-grandson of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd and 2x great-grandson of Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.[2] Rutherfurd was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland before it became New York,[5][6] as well as John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts.[4] His mother was the niece and adopted daughter of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778–1847),[7] a 2x great-grandson of Peter Stuyvesant and Helena Rutherfurd Stuyvesant.[8][9] Through his mother, Rutherfurd was a nephew of Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (1824–1904) and John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877).[9]
He was a graduate of Columbia College in 1882.[10][11]
Society life
Rutherfurd was a prominent social figure and known for his appreciation of sports,[12] holding the championship of the Racquet Club for several years and widely known by automobilists.[12]
He initiated the family's breeding of fox terrier dogs along with his brother Winthrop.[13] Together, they owned the famous Rutherfurd Kennels in Allamuchy Township, New Jersey.[1]
Rutherfurd was a member of the Union Club of New York, since 1886, and often frequented the Knickerbocker Club.[1] He was a member of a "fraternity of young clubmen which a few years ago made as close knit a band as could be found of New York's representative good fellows" that included Woodbury Kane, Reginald Rives, F. Brockholst Cutting, William Cutting, William R. Travers (who married Rutherfurd's sister), and Winthrop Rutherfurd.[12]
Personal life
On June 16, 1890, Rutherfurd was married to Anne Harriman Sands (1861–1940), the widow of Samuel Stevens Sands Jr. (1856–1889)[14] and a daughter-in-law of banker Samuel Stevens Sands.[15] Her own parents were banker Oliver Harriman (1829–1904) and Laura (née Low) Harriman (1834–1901).[16] Anne's brothers were Oliver Harriman Jr., J. Borden Harriman, and Herbert M. Harriman,[17] and the siblings were first cousins was E. H. Harriman.[18] Together, Lewis and Anne were the parents of two daughters:[10][19]
- Barbara Cairncross Rutherfurd (1895–1939),[20] who married Cyril Hatch, son of Charles Henry Hatch, in 1916.[21][22][23] They had once child, Rutherfurd L. Hatch (d. 1947),[24] before divorcing in 1920.[25][26] In 1924, she married Winfield Jesse Nicholls, a fellow follower of Oom the Omnipotent.[27] After having two children, Guy Winfield Nicholls[28] and Margaret Mary Nicholls,[29] they divorced in 1930.[30][31][32]
- Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (1891–1976), who first married Ogden Livingston Mills (1884–1937), Secretary of the Treasury.[33] They divorced in 1919. In 1922, she married Sir Paul Henry Dukes (1889–1967).[34] They divorced in 1929 and, later that same year, she married Prince Charles Michel Joachim Napoléon (1892–1973), son of Joachim, 5th Prince Murat. They also divorced and in 1939, she married Frederick Leybourne Sprague.[35]
Rutherfurd died on January 5, 1901, at Davos Platz in Graubünden, Switzerland.[1] He was buried in the family plot at Tranquility Cemetery in Tranquility, New Jersey near his family's estate known as "Tranquility".
After his death, his widow remarried to William Kissam Vanderbilt.[36] They remained married until his 1920 death.[29] Anne died on April 20, 1940.[18]
References
- ^ a b c d "Lewis Rutherfurd" (PDF). The New York Times. January 6, 1901. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ a b "Lewis Morris Rutherfurd" (PDF). The New York Times. June 1, 1892. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
Lewis Morris Kutherfurd died on Decoration Day at his home, Tranquillity, N.J., in the seventy-sixth [sic] year of his age.
- ^ Stuyvesant Rutherfurd later changed his name to Rutherfurd Stuyvesant in conformity with the will of his mother's grand-uncle, Peter Gerard Stuyvesant in order to inherit the Stuyvesant fortune.
- ^ a b "W. RUTHERFURD, 82, LEADER IN SOCIETY; Sportsman, Member of Noted Family, Dies Was Owner of Famous Terrier Kennels" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1944. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ Vanderbilt 1991, p. 152.
- ^ Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Maynard, Arthur S.; Mann, Conklin (1880). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 160. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ Hughes, Stefan (2012). Catchers of the Light: The Forgotten Lives of the Men and Women Who First Photographed the Heavens. ArtDeCiel Publishing. ISBN 9781620509616. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ "Peter Gerard Stuyvesant (1778-1847)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ a b Rutherfurd, Livingston (1894). Family Records and Events: Compiled Principally from the Original Manuscripts in the Rutherfurd Collection. De Vinne Press. ISBN 9780608336299. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b Bergen, Tunis Garret (1915). Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1232. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1232. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ a b c Turf, Field, and Farm. Turf, Field, and Farm Assoc. 1901. p. 34. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ Marvin, John T. (1976). The Book of All Terriers. Howell Book House. p. 61. ISBN 9780876053164. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ "Obituary -- SANDS" (PDF). The New York Times. March 24, 1889. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "SAMUEL STEVENS SANDS" (PDF). The New York Times. July 26, 1892. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "DEATH OF OLIVER HARRIMAN.; Prominent in City's Commercial and Social Life for Many Years" (PDF). The New York Times. March 13, 1904. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "OLIVER HARRIMAN'S ESTATE $20,000,000; Surrogate Silkman Admits His Will to Probate" (PDF). The New York Times. April 10, 1904. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ a b World, Times Wide (April 21, 1940). "MRS. VANDERBILT DIES IN HOSPITAL; Widow of W. K. and Daughter of Late Oliver Harriman Noted for War Work and Charities" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ Rector, Thomas Allen (2010). The Singing Heart: The Autobiography of Thomas Allen Rector. p. 194. ISBN 9780971679436. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
- ^ "BARBARA RUTHERFURD SUCCUMBS IN FRANCE; Colonial Leaders' Descendant Aided Red Cross in War" (PDF). The New York Times. August 6, 1939. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "MISS. RUTHERFURD TO BE MRS. C. HATCH | Mrs. Win. K. Vanderbilt, Sr.'s, Daughter Barbara Is Engaged to Clubman. | ACTIVE IN WAR CHARITIES | Bride to-be Is Granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harriman -- Wedding Soon" (PDF). The New York Times. April 21, 1916. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "MISS RUTHERFURD, CYRIL HATCH'S BRIDE; Younger Daughter of Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Sr., Married in Fifth Avenue Home. FAMILY ONLY IS PRESENT Stepfather Gives Bride, 21, In Marriage;-Bridegroom Is 38 ;- Honeymoon Trip to Far West" (PDF). The New York Times. June 23, 1916. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1920. p. 314. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "RUTHERFURD L. HATCH; Member of New York Family of Social Prominence Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. April 14, 1947. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "MRS. HATCH DIVORCE IN PARIS REPORTED; Daughter of Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt, Sr., Free, Says FamilyRepresentative" (PDF). The New York Times. September 26, 1920. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "Heaven Sent". An Aesthete's Lament. September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "MRS. B. R. HATCH WED OOM DISCIPLE; Daughter of Mrs. Win. K. Vanderbilt Married Winfield J. Nicholls, Artist, Aug. 11 | KEPT MARRIAGE SECRET | Sir Paul and Lady Dukes at Ceremony Before Peace Justice in New City -- Bride Also in Cult" (PDF). The New York Times. August 27, 1924. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (March 25, 1979). "Suzanne Nicholls Bride of John Thorndike". The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "VANDERBILT WILL ESTABLISHES TRUST; Mrs. M.M. Sprague, Daughter, and Grandchildren Are Chief Beneficiaries" (PDF). The New York Times. May 4, 1940. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "NICHOLLS PAPERS SERVED; Copies in Annulment Action Left at Homes by Court Order" (PDF). The New York Times. July 26, 1928. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ "W.J. NICHOLLS SUES FOR DIVORCE IN RENO; Desertion Charged to Daughter of Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt--Couple Wed at "Love Cult" Colony" (PDF). The New York Times. September 10, 1930. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (September 16, 1930). "W.J. NICHOLLS GETS DIVORCE AT RENO; Freed From Former Barbara Rutherfurd" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Aitken, William Benford (1912). Distinguished Families in America, Descended from Wilhelmus Beekman and Jan Thomasse Van Dyke. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
- ^ "MRS. OGDEN L. MILLS WEDS SIR PAUL DUKES; Daughter of Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt Is Secret Bride of Ex-British War Spy in Russia. COUPLE SAILED LAST FRIDAY Both Had Been Members of Omnipotent Oom's Mystic Colony in Nyack" (PDF). The New York Times. October 18, 1922. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ "Mrs. M. S. Rutherfurd Wed To F. L. Sprague" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 November 1939.. Margaret was the daughter of Anne Harriman, the second wife of William Kissam Vanderbilt, and her second husband, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, son of the astronomer Lewis Morris Rutherfurd. After divorcing Dukes, Margaret Rutherfurd successively married Charles Michel Joachim Napoléon, Prince Murat, and Frederick Leybourne Sprague (1907–1993).
- ^ "W. K. VANDERBILT'S COMING MARRIAGE; Mrs. Lewis Morris Rutherfurd the Prospective Bride. The Wedding Arranged to Take Place April 29 at the Home of Secretary White of the American Embassy in London" (PDF). The New York Times. April 22, 1903. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
Bibliography
- Vanderbilt, Arthur T. (1991). Fortune's Children: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780688103866.