| Herbert M. Harriman | |
| Birth Name: | Herbert Melville Harriman |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1873 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bovagh House, Aghadowey, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Alma Mater: | Princeton University |
| Occupation: | Businessman, sportsman |
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| Parents: | Oliver Harriman Laura Low |
| Relatives: | Anne Harriman Vanderbilt (sister) Oliver Harriman, Jr. (brother) J. Borden Harriman (brother) E. H. Harriman (cousin) |
Herbert Melville Harriman (September 28, 1873 – January 3, 1933) was an American heir, businessman and sportsman.
Harriman was born on September 28, 1873, in New York City. His father, Oliver Harriman, was a dry goods merchant.[1] [2] [3] His mother was Laura Low.
Harriman graduated from Princeton University.[2] He served in the American Expeditionary Forces of the United States Army during World War I.[1]
Harriman started his career as a clerk in Omaha, Nebraska, for Union Pacific Railroad.[2] Even though his family were majority shareholders, Harriman wanted to start at the bottom and work his way up.[2] However, he quit after a few months and moved back to New York.[1]
Harriman became a socialite on the East Coast.[3] He was a stockholder of the Newport Casino.[1] Additionally, he was a member of the Newport Reading Room,[1] He was also a member of the Meadow Brook Golf Club, The Brook, the Turf and Field Club and the Piping Rock Club.[1]
Harriman married three times.[3] He married his first wife, Isabella Hunnewell, of a prominent Boston family, on September 26, 1894, at the Hunnewell home in Wellesley, Massachusetts.[4] His second wife was Mary Madeline “May” Brady.[1] They married in August 1908 at Newport, Rhode Island, and divorced in 1921. His third and final wife was Sarah Jane Hunter.[1] They married on October 26, 1921, in Paoli, Indiana.
Harriman was an avid golf and tennis player.[1] In golf, he won both the U.S. Amateur[5] and the Metropolitan Amateur[6] in 1899.
Harriman died on January 3, 1933, in Aghadowey, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.[1] [3] His estate, which was less than $5,000, was inherited by his widow.[7]