| 词条 | C. Ledyard Blair |
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| name = C. Ledyard Blair | image = C. Ledyard Blair.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Clinton Ledyard Blair | birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|07|16}} | birth_place = Belvidere, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|02|07|1867|07|16}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | education = Lawrenceville School | alma_mater = Princeton University | occupation = Investment banker | parents = DeWitt Clinton Blair Mary Anna Kimball | spouse = {{marriage|Florence Osborne Jennings |1891|1931|reason=her death}} {{marriage|Harriet Stewart Brown |1936|1949|reason=his death}} | children = 4 | relations = John Insley Blair (grandfather) }}Clinton Ledyard Blair (July 16, 1867 – February 7, 1949) was a prominent American investment banker and yachtsman.[1] Early yearsBlair was the grandson of John Insley Blair, one of the wealthiest men of the 19th century, and the son of DeWitt Clinton Blair and Mary Anna Kimball Blair. Born in Belvidere, New Jersey, he attended the Lawrenceville School and then Princeton University, graduating in 1890 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[2] CareerWhile still a senior at Princeton, Blair joined his father and grandfather in founding the banking firm of Blair & Company, primarily to manage railroad interests linked to the Gould family. The firm underwrote a $50 million bond issue of the Western Pacific Railroad and helped in the financial management of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the Western Maryland Railroad.[3] After Blair & Company merged with the firm of William Salomon & Co. in April 1920 (under the name of Blair & Co., Inc.), Ledyard Blair was named chairman of the board of directors. He was also the director of several railway companies, including the Clinchfield Railroad, the Sussex Railroad, and the Green Bay and Western Railroad.[3] Blair & Co. was active in assisting with the mergers of oil companies. In 1924-1925, the firm arranged a deal in which Standard Oil of Indiana obtained control of the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company and Lago Petroleum Company in Venezuela.{{sfn|Swaine|1946|p=433}} Society lifeAn avid yachtsman, Blair was named Commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1910. During World War I, he turned over his 254-foot steel yacht, Diana, to the U.S. government and gave up yachting. At the outbreak of the war in 1914, Blair was on the SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a North German Lloyd ocean liner, sailing from New York City to Plymouth, England. Nearing Plymouth, news of hostilities forced the ship to turn back. Blair took the helm and safely piloted the ship to Bar Harbor, Maine, where his family had a summer home. The ship was carrying $10 million in gold and $3.5 million in silver.[4] Blairsden, Ledyard Blair's opulent 38-room mansion in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, was built between 1898 and 1903.[5] Blair threw lavish weddings for each of the Blair daughters, all held at Blairsden. He also owned a mansion in New York City, now known as C. Ledyard Blair House. In addition to Blairsden, he had residences in Newport, Rhode Island, "Honeysuckle Lodge," and Bermuda, "Deepdene."[3]Personal lifeOn October 1, 1891, he married Florence Osborne Jennings (1869–1931) and they had four daughters:[6][7]
Blair's first wife Florence died on November 15, 1931. In 1936, he married Harriet Stewart Brown (1884–1953), the widow of Thomas Suffern Tailer (1866–1928) and daughter of Baltimore banker Alexander Brown.[3] Blair died on February 7, 1949 in Manhattan and was buried in Saint Bernards Cemetery, beside his first wife Florence. .[3] References
1. ^{{cite web|title=C. Ledyard Blair seated|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/ggb2004005507/|website=loc.gov|publisher=The Library of Congress|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=From Princeton's vault: A young millionaire’s scrapbook|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/article/princetons-vault-young-millionaires-scrapbook|website=princeton.edu|publisher=Princeton Alumni Weekly|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en|date=21 January 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 [https://www.nytimes.com/1949/02/08/archives/3-ledyard-blair-cofounder-of-blair-cq-here-was-nachtsman-and-former.html "C. Ledyard Blair, Banker, 82, Dead"].The New York Times, February 8, 1949. Accessed March 12, 2008. 4. ^1 2 3 4 Schleicher, William A. and Susan Winter. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pl6JF54vnRIC In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry]. Arcadia, 1997. 5. ^Blairsden from Historical Society of Sommerset Hills 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=vVQDAAAAYAAJ Scannell's New Jersey First Citizens, 1917-1918]. J.J. Scannell, 1918. 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Leonard|first1=John William|last2=Mohr|first2=William Frederick|last3=Holmes|first3=Frank R.|last4=Knox|first4=Herman Warren|last5=Downs|first5=0infield Scott|title=Who's who in New York City and State|date=1907|publisher=L.R. Hamersly Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0V1IAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=Edith+Dodd+Blair&source=bl&ots=06g_ErO1YY&sig=17nGnOEVfBoc1l1FZFmyx5c2idM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM5ZSdt_XTAhVEfiYKHW1TB5UQ6AEIOzAF#v=onepage&q=Edith%20Dodd%20Blair&f=false|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}} 8. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1919/09/12/archives/miss-blair-bride-of-pm-hamilton-youngest-daughter-of-c-ledyard.html "Miss Blair, Bride of P.M. Hamilton"] The New York Times, September 12, 1919. Accessed March 12, 2008. 9. ^{{cite news|title=W.E. BOGARDUS DEAD; FORMERLY A BANKER; Descendant of a Famous Dutch Family Had Lived Eleven Years in Honolulu.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/12/25/archives/we-bogardus-dead-formerly-a-banker-descendant-of-a-famous-dutch.html|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=25 December 1931}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Waggoner|first1=Walter H.|title=P.M. HAMILTON, 83, DIES ON THE COAST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/16/obituaries/pm-hamilton-83-dies-on-the-coast.html|accessdate=16 May 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 March 1982}} 11. ^{{cite book|last1=Backhouse|first1=Constance|last2=Backhouse|first2=Nancy L.|title=The Heiress vs the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice|date=January 31, 2005|publisher=UBC Press|isbn=9780774850735|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a5qIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR19&lpg=PR19&dq=James+Bethune+Campbell&source=bl&ots=ooIyctkZ3O&sig=ofrbNnL6ifH3S3uqKxDUKRFRtM4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVzr-muvXTAhWLg1QKHYqNAXYQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage|accessdate=16 May 2017|language=en}}
|last=Swaine|first=Robert T.|title=The Cravath Firm And Its Predecessors: 1819-1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p8jmmSwD9KEC&pg=RA1-PA433|accessdate=2013-07-25 |year=1946|publisher=The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-58477-713-7|page=433}}{{refend}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, DeWitt Clinton}} 7 : 1867 births|1949 deaths|Lawrenceville School alumni|Members of the New York Yacht Club|People from Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey|People from Belvidere, New Jersey|Princeton University alumni |
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