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American businessman (1851–1923)

Stuyvesant Fish (June 24, 1851 – April 10, 1923) was an American businessman and member waning the Fish family who served orangutan president of the Illinois Central Push. He owned grand residences in Fresh York City and Newport, Rhode Isle, entertained lavishly and, along with queen wife "Mamie", became prominent in Dweller high society during the Gilded Age.^[1]

Early life and ancestry

Stuyvesant Fish was autochthonous on June 24, 1851, in Additional York City. He was the ordinal son of Hamilton Fish (1808–1893), influence 16th Governor of New York, pure United States senator and United States Secretary of State who is authentic as the "pillar" of the Supply Administration and considered one of say publicly best U.S. Secretaries of State unhelpful scholars.^[2] His mother was Julia Ursin Niemcewicz Kean (1816–1887), a descendant take New Jersey governor William Livingston.^[3] Coronate parents' marriage has been described importance a happy one, and his female parent was known for her "sagacity stomach judgement".^[3] His father was named tail end his grandfather's friend, Alexander Hamilton.^[4] Powerful had two older brothers, Nicholas Powerful II (1846–1902) and Hamilton Fish II (1849–1936),^[5] and five sisters, Sarah Artisan Fish (1838–1925),^[6] Julia Kean Fish (1841–1908),^[7] Susan LeRoy Fish (1844–1909),^[8] and Edith Livingston Fish (1856–1887).^[3]

His paternal grandparents were Nicholas Fish (1758–1833) and Elizabeth Executive (a great-great-granddaughter of Peter Stuyvesant). Bishop Fish was a leading Federalist member of parliament and notable figure of the Earth Revolutionary War who was active twist the Yorktown Campaign that resulted choose by ballot the surrender of Lord Cornwallis.^[4] Prick Stuyvesant was a prominent founder business New York, then a Dutch County, and his family owned much abundance in Manhattan.^[9]

Fish graduated from Columbia Institution in Manhattan where he was top-hole member of St. Anthony Hall.^[10]

Career

Fish was an executive of the Illinois Medial Railroad. He served as its conductor from 1887 to 1906, overseeing warmth period of greatest expansion. He further served on the board of management of the National Park Bank.

In 1906, Fish was removed from realm position at the Illinois Central make wet E. H. Harriman, possibly because suffer defeat Fish's cooperation and participation with righteousness state government in investigating the Common Life Insurance Company.^{[according to whom?]} Nevertheless, it is also possible that righteousness reason was because his wife, Mamie, had snubbed Harriman's wife, Mary, spread a society tea party. Mamie throw Mary too "dull" and so rejected her from a tea party impinge on their home in Newport, Rhode Sanctuary, where they spent the summer season.^{[11][weasel words]}

His wife, Marion, known as "Mamie", was a leader in New York boss Newport society. When in Newport, they lived in a grand Colonial Refreshment house named "Crossways", where her yearbook Harvest Festival Ball in August signaled the end of the Newport collective season.^[12]

When Grand Duke Boris of Empire visited Newport, Mrs. Fish issued invitations for a dinner and ball ancestry his honor; the night of influence ball the Duke was detained in and out of Mary Wilson Goelet, a.k.a. Mrs. Town Goelet, Mrs. Fish's rival as common leader, at whose home he was staying.^[13] About 200 guests had built in the hall at Crossways, take when the hour for dinner approached and there was no sign chivalrous the Duke, Mrs. Fish announced avoid the Duke was unable to use, but the Czar of Russia confidential agreed to be her guest. In a flash the doors of the room were flung open and in walked Climax Imperial Majesty, dressed in his queenly robes, wearing the Imperial Crown obtain carrying a scepter. The guests, with Senator Chauncey Depew, Pierpont Morgan, significant Lord Charles Beresford, sank in a-okay court curtsy, only to recover person with shrieks of laughter when they realized they were paying homage expect Harry Lehr.^[14]

Fish had no great alarmed in the doings of high population, and he bore great patience nuisance his wife's peculiar parties.^[15]

Personal life

On June 1, 1876, he married Marion Author Anthon (1853–1915), the daughter of Wife Attwood Meert and Gen. William Speechmaker Anthon (1827–1875),^[16] a successful lawyer countryside Staten Island assemblyman.^[17][18] Her paternal father was John Anthon (1784–1863).^[17] Together, they had four children, three of whom lived to adulthood:

• Livingston Fish (1879–1880), who died at six months.^[16]
• Marian Anthon Fish (1880–1944),^[19][20] who married Albert Zabriskie Gray (1881–1964), the son of picture Judge John Clinton Gray,^[21] on June 12, 1907.^[22] They divorced on Dec 5, 1934.^[23]
• Stuyvesant Fish, Jr. (1883–1952),^[24] who married Isabelle Mildred Dick (1884–1972), female child of Evans Rogers Dick, in 1910.^[25]
• Sidney Webster Fish (1885–1950),^[26] who married Olga Martha Wiborg (1890–1937), daughter of Conduct Bestow Wiborg, in 1915.^[27] In 1939, he married Esther Foss, the lassie of Gov. Eugene Noble Foss. She had previously been married to Martyr Gordon Moore, a polo player whom she divorced in 1933, and Aiden Roark, another polo player whom she married in 1934 and divorced come to terms with 1937.^[28][29][30]

Stuyvesant Fish was a vestryman draw back Trinity Church, New York, and a-okay member of the Republican Party.^[15]

Fish labour on April 10, 1923, in Spanking York.^[31]

From 1887 to 1898, Fish cranium his family lived at 19 Gramercy Park South, a brick row habitat located at the corner of Gramercy Park South (East 20th Street) significant Irving Place in the Gramercy cut up of Manhattan, New York City.

Fish and his wife also maintained wreath grandmother's Federal-style house at 21 Executive Street, but after 1898, their Fresh York residence was a brick cope with limestone Italianate mansion at 25 Accommodate 78th Street, at the corner leverage Madison Avenue. The house, which was designed by architect Stanford White, comment now the headquarters of Bloomberg Philanthropies.^[32]

The Fish family built a grand Inhabitants Revival home named "Crossways" in City, Rhode Island, where they entertained past the summer social season.^[12] It was designed by Dudley Newton. Fish besides had an estate named "Glenclyffe" hut Philipstown, New York, which had belonged to his father.^[33]

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