Charles C. Auchincloss Explained

Birth Name:Charles Crooke Auchincloss
Birth Date:24 September 1881
Birth Place:New York City, New York
Death Place:New York City, New York

Charles Crooke Auchincloss (September 24, 1881 – May 14, 1961) was an American lawyer and stockbroker.

Early life

Auchincloss was born on September 24, 1881, in New York City. He was one of eight children, seven sons and one daughter, born to Edgar Stirling Auchincloss (1847–1892) and Maria LaGrange (Sloan) Auchincloss (1847–1929), who married in 1872.[1] Among his siblings were Samuel Sloan Auchincloss, Hugh Auchincloss, U.S. Representative James C. Auchincloss, Gordon Aucincloss, and Reginald LaGrange Auchincloss.[2]

Among his uncles were Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (father of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr.) and John Winthrop Auchincloss (grandfather of Louis Auchincloss).[3] [4] His maternal aunt, Sarah Auchincloss, married Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet of the Scottish thread-manufacturing family, and they were the parents of Sir Stuart Coats, 2nd Baronet and British Member of Parliament.[5] His maternal grandparents were Mary (née Elmendorf) Sloan and New York State Senator Samuel Sloan,[6] who served as president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad for 26 years.[1]

Auchincloss graduated from Yale University in 1903, where he was a varsity oarsmen. He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1906.

Career

After briefly practicing law with Strong & Cadwalader and Lord Day & Lord, he was with Littlefield & Littlefield from 1907 to 1917. Upon the outbreak of World War I, he gave up his law practice and enlisted in the U.S. Army, ending the war as a commissioned Field Artillery Captain. Following the War, he joined the stock brokerage firm of F. S. Moseley & Co., of which he remained a partner until his death in 1961.

During World War II, he was chairman of the Officers Service Committee that was headquartered in the Commodore Hotel in Manhattan. The committee assisted in providing entertainment for officers of the armed forces.

Auchincloss was a president of the Regency Club, the Links Club, the Links Golf Club, and on the boards of the Piping Rock Club and Racquet and Tennis Club. He also served as treasurer of the Correctional Association of New York (formerly the Prison Association of New York) and was a director of the American Can Company (today part of Primerica) and the National Biscuit Company (today known as Nabisco).

Personal life

In June 1906, Auchincloss was married to Rosamund Saltonstall (1881–1953) of Boston at the Saltonstall home, 30 Fairfield St., Back Bay, Boston,[7] by the Rev. Dr. Endicott Peabody.[8] He held a bachelor dinner at Delmonico's on the Wednesday before the wedding.[9] She was a daughter of the late William Gurdon Saltonstall, and Josephine Rose (Lee) Saltonstall (youngest daughter of John Clarke Lee, founder of Lee, Higginson & Co.). After their wedding, they sailed for Europe before making their home in New York City.[10] Together, they were the parents of:

His wife died on February 4, 1953, in Beacon, New York after a long illness.[18] Auchincloss died at his home, 120 East 70th Street, on May 14, 1961.[19] After his death, the Parke-Bernet Galleries held an auction of French, English and other furniture from his estate.[20]

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Rosamond, he was a grandfather of Burton J. Lee III (1930–2016), the Physician to the President from 1989 to 1993, and Rosamond Saltonstall Lee (1930–2021), a debutante[21] who married Francis Irénée du Pont II,[22] [23] and Bernard Jackson Felch.[24]

Residences

In 1916, Auchincloss built Builtover, today known as the Charles Crooke Auchincloss House, a 25-room Georgian Revival mansion built by the firm of Peabody, Wilson & Brown in Roslyn, New York.[25] The Olmstead Brothers, the same firm that designed Central Park, were the architects for the grounds in 1917.[26] In 1925, burglars entered their Roslyn home during a storm and "stole Oriental rugs, tapestries and household ornaments valued at more than $10,000".[27] His wife became a well known hostess and member of society.[28] In 1946, they sold Builtover to Dr. Daniel Twohig who renamed the mansion My Beloved. The Long Island Expressway was later built on the other side of the property.[26]

In 1930, after almost a decade of living in a mansion at 12 East 71st Street, just off Fifth Avenue and next to the Henry Clay Frick House,[29] Auchincloss took over 120 East 70th Street from his brother, Edgar, who lived there with his wife and family, together with their brothers Gordon and Samuel, who also lived there with their wives.[30] On October 19, 1930, The New York Times announced Charles' plans to replace the 70th Street house with "a five-story, brick, marble and granite trim" residence designed by Edward S. Hewitt.[31] The home was completed a year later in the stylized neo-Georgian design and sat on a street that Fortune Magazine described nine-years later as "the most beautiful residential block" in the city.[30] [32]

Notes and References

  1. News: MRS. AUCHINCLOSS DIES AT AGE OF 82; Daughter of Samuel Sloan, President of Lackawanna for 26 Years. FUND AT YALE IN HER NAME Established by Sons to Aid Professors--Mrs. Auchincloss Was of Colonial Ancestry. . 10 July 2019 . . 16 December 1929.
  2. News: Ennis. Thomas W.. James C. Auchincloss Dies at 91. 14 October 2016. The New York Times. 3 October 1976.
  3. Book: Birmingham, Stephen . The Right People . 1968 . Little, Brown . 326 . registration .
  4. Book: Buck, Albert H. . The Bucks of Wethersfield, Connecticut . 1909 . Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. . 120–3 .
  5. Book: Birmingham . Stephen . The Right People: The Social Establishment in America . 2015 . Open Road Media . 9781504026277 . 259 . 11 July 2019 . en.
  6. Book: Yale University Class of 1903 . War Record and Record of Quindecennial Reunion . 1906 . . 39 . 11 July 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: 30 Fairfield . backbayhouses.org . Back Bay Houses . 3 May 2023 . en . 2 August 2013.
  8. News: Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Engaged . 3 May 2023 . . January 23, 1906.
  9. News: Society at Home and Abroad . 3 May 2023 . . 17 June 1906.
  10. News: WILL TOUR EUROPE. Mr. Charles C. Auchincloss of New York and Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Wedded . 3 May 2023 . . June 19, 1906.
  11. News: ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ENGAGEMENTS; Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Auchincloss Becomes the Fiancee of Burton J. Lee Jr. THE PEOPLE'S CHORUS MARKS TWELFTH YEAR . 3 May 2023 . . 22 April 1928.
  12. News: MISS AUCHINCLOSS NAMES ATTENDANTS; Will Have Sister for Maid of Honor at Wedding to Burton J. Lee Jr. . 3 May 2023 . . 8 June 1929.
  13. News: Paid Notice: Deaths PLOWDEN, WARDLAW, THOMAS CAMPBELL . 3 May 2023 . . 17 August 1997.
  14. News: Hill . Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES Ira L. . Miss Wainwright Wed in Gwynedd; She Is Married to Richard S. Auchincloss--Attended Foxcroft School . 3 May 2023 . . 16 April 1939.
  15. News: MISS AUCHINCLOSS ENGAGED TO MARRY; New York Girl's Betrothal to Benjamin C. Betner Jr. Announced by Her Parents. HE IS A SENIOR AT YALE-- His Bride-Elect, Kin of Late Samuel Sloan, Is a Member of the Meadow Brook Hounds. . 3 May 2023 . . 7 May 1932.
  16. News: MISS AUCHINCLOSS HAS CHURCH BRIDAL; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Auchincloss Wed to B. C. Betner Jr. in St. Bartholomew's. DR. MACON OFFICIATES Bride's Sister, Mrs. Burton J. Lee Jr., Is Honor Matron--A Large Reception Held at Sherry's. . 3 May 2023 . . 23 November 1932.
  17. News: Harry Nicholas Jr. Weds Mrs. Betner . 3 May 2023 . . 4 October 1960.
  18. News: MRS. C. C. AUCHINCLOSS . 3 May 2023 . . 5 February 1953.
  19. News: Charles C. Auchincloss Dead; Lawyer and Stockbroker, 79 . 3 May 2023 . . 15 May 1961.
  20. News: GALLERY TO OFFER PERIOD FURNITURE; Auction Here Will Include Effects of Two Estates . 3 May 2023 . . 24 September 1961.
  21. News: THREE DEBUTANTES HONORED AT DANCE; Rosamond Lee, Ormsby Hanes and Gay Semler Guests Here -- Barbara Pettit Feted . 3 May 2023 . . 14 December 1947.
  22. News: ROSAMOND S. LEE BECOMES FIANCEE; Former Vassar Student to Be Bride of Francis I. du Pont 2d, Yale Graduate of Today . 3 May 2023 . . 12 June 1950.
  23. News: Times . The New York . F.I. du Pont 2d Marries Rosamond Lee Amid Floral Setting in St. James Church . 3 May 2023 . . 8 October 1950.
  24. News: Coulby . Susan . DCAD showing 'Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics by Bernie Felch' . 3 May 2023 . . 7 January 2019 . en.
  25. Web site: Charles Crooke Auchincloss (1881-1961) - HouseHistree . househistree.com . 3 May 2023.
  26. Web site: Charles Crooke Auchincloss House (Builtover/Whispered Wishes) . www.roslynlandmarks.org . Roslyn Landmark Society . 3 May 2023.
  27. News: Times . Special to The New York . AUCHINCLOSS HOME ROBBED.; Loot Worth $10,000 Taken by Burglars Under Cover of Storm. . 3 May 2023 . . 1 February 1925.
  28. News: Times . Special to The New York . MRS. G.F. SWIFT GIVES A LUNCHEON; Golf Matches at Hot Springs Attract Large Gallery--Mrs. C. C. Auchincloss Hostess. . 3 May 2023 . . 29 April 1931.
  29. News: LENOX HILL HOMES NEAR 5TH AV. SOLD; Clemens and Auchincloss Houses Adjoining the Frick Mansion Change Hands. BUYERS TO OCCUPY THEM A.G. Milbank Disposes of His Murray Hill Residence--Park Av. Sale by John T. Meyer. . 3 May 2023 . . 19 April 1929.
  30. Web site: Miller . Tom . Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1931 Charles C. Auchincloss House -- No. 120 East 70th Street . daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com . Daytonian in Manhattan . 3 May 2023 . 14 April 2012.
  31. News: MANHATTAN ADDS EIGHT FINE HOMES; Private Houses Are Still Being Built Despite Apartment Vogue. FIVE GO UP IN ONE BLOCK East Ninety-third Street Is Favored Location for Residences Planned This Year. Four Plans Filed Last Year. Straus Home to Cost $400,000. . 3 May 2023 . . 19 October 1930.
  32. News: Gray . Christopher . Along Millionaires' Row, at the Crest of Lenox Hill . 3 May 2023 . . 17 September 2006.

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