John Henry Livingston (1848–1927) Explained

Birth Date:8 July 1848
Birth Place:Columbia County, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma Mater:Columbia College
Columbia Law School
Parents:Clermont Livingston
Cornelia Livingston
Spouse:
    Relatives:See Livingston family

    John Henry Livingston (July 8, 1848 – January 27, 1927) was an American lawyer, proprietor of Clermont Manor, and prominent member of the Livingston family of New York.[1]

    Early life and education

    Livingston was born on July 8, 1848, at Oakhill in Columbia County, New York. He was the only son of Clermont Livingston (1817–1895) and Cornelia Livingston (1824–1851), who were third cousins.[2] Among his siblings was Mary Livingston, who married Col. Frederic de Peyster, a son of Maj. Gen. John Watts de Peyster.[3] After his mother's death a short time after his birth, his father remarried to neighbor Mary Colden (née Swartout) Livingston.[1]

    His paternal grandparents were Lieutenant Governor of New York Edward Philip Livingston and Elizabeth Stevens Livingston,[4] who was the eldest daughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston.[5]

    Livingston's father inherited Clermont Manor after the elder Livingston's death in 1843.[6] His grandfather's second wife, the former Mary Crooke Broom,[7] remarried to Judge Charles Herman Ruggles.[8] [9]

    Among his many cousins was Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, namesake of Clarkson University,[10] Mary Livingston Ludlow,[11] the mother of Anna (née Hall) Roosevelt and grandmother of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.[12] He was a first cousin of Catharine Goodhue Livingston,[13] Robert Robert Livingston,[14] [15] Edward De Peyster Livingston,[16] [17] and prominent architect Goodhue Livingston.[18]

    Livingston was educated at home by a Danish tutor,[1] and then graduated from Columbia College in 1869, followed by Columbia Law School in 1871.

    Career and society life

    After his father's death in 1895,[19] Clermont Manor was left to his twenty-two year old daughter Katherine, reportedly due to his father's dislike of John Henry's second wife Emily, who died in 1894. Livingston eventually bought Clermont from his daughter, reportedly for $1.[20]

    Livingston served as President of the Colonial Lords of Manors in America and was an officer of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the St. Nicholas Society, the University Club and The Apawamis Club in Rye, New York.

    He spent many years abroad, including a residence at the Villa Guicciardini in Florence.

    Personal life

    On November 2, 1871, Livingston married Catherine Livingston Hamersley (1850–1873). Catherine was the sister of J. Hooker Hamersley, the daughter of John W. and Catherine Livingston (née Hooker) Hamersley, and granddaughter of Hon. James Hooker.[12] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:

    After Catherine's death from complications from childbirth on April 19, 1873, he married Emily Evans on October 30, 1880. Emily was the daughter of William E. Evans and niece of Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden, in Philadelphia. Livingston's best man at the wedding was Cadwalader E. Ogden of New York.[22]

    Emily died "very suddenly" on April 7, 1894,[23] and Livingston married for the third and final time to Alice Delafield Clarkson (1872–1964), the daughter of Howard Clarkson, Esq., on November 9, 1906 at 58 West 37th Street in New York City.[24] Together, they were the parents of two daughters:[25]

    Livingston died of influenza-related illnesses at "The Bandbox", his winter residence in Aiken, South Carolina on January 27, 1927.[29]

    Descendants

    Through his eldest daughter, he was the grandfather of five, including Theodore Livingston Timpson (1901–1965), Katharine Livingston Timpson (1903–1993), Robert Clermont Livingston Timpson (1908–1988), who married Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in 1954,[30] and was ousted from the New York Stock Exchange in 1963,[31] [32] J. Alistar Livingston Timpson (1915–1997), and H. Rosamund Livingston Timpson (1915–2004).[33]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Clermont State Historic Site: The Recollections of John Henry Livingston . 19 October 2018 . . 15 May 2010.
    2. [Philip Livingston (1686-1749)]
    3. News: Mrs. Susan de Peyster Livingston. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 11 February 1910.
    4. Book: Livingston. Edwin Brockholst. The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. 1910. Knickerbocker Press. 18 April 2017. en.
    5. Book: Reynolds . Cuyler . 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 . 1914 . Lewis Historical Publishing Company . 1334 . 30 September 2018 . en.
    6. Book: Historical Notes of Saint James Parish, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, New York: In Commemoration of the Belated Centenary Anniversary of the Consecration of the First Parish Church, October 10, 1811. 1913. A.V. Haight Company. Hyde Park, New York. 18 April 2017. en.
    7. Web site: Mrs. Edward Philip Livingston (1804-1877). nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. 18 April 2017.
    8. Web site: Rosenblatt. Albert M.. New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847-1869 CHARLES HERMAN RUGGLES 1789-1865 Court of Appeals: 1847-1855 Chief Judge: 1851-1853. www.courts.state.ny.us. Historical Society of the New York Courts. 18 April 2017. en.
    9. Book: Johnson. Rossiter. Brown. John Howard. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans .... 1904. Biographical Society. 18 April 2017. en.
    10. News: Obituary 1 -- No Title. 18 April 2017. The New York Times. 14 December 1898.
    11. News: DEATH OF EDWARD H. LUDLOW.. 18 April 2017. The New York Times. 28 November 1884.
    12. Book: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 1880. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 18 April 2017. en.
    13. News: MISS C.G. LIVINGSTON DEAD; ILL FOR YEARS; Member of a Noted Family Succumbs in Fifth Av. Home Where She Was Born.. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 18 December 1931.
    14. News: MRS. LIVINGSTON HOSTESS.; Gives a Dance for Her Son, R. R. Livingston, and Fiancee, Miss Dean.. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 17 February 1922.
    15. News: MRS. LIVINGSTON, 82, NURSERY ADVOCATE; Member of Noted Family Dies - Ex-Delegate Had Served on Democratic State Group. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 19 October 1944.
    16. News: Times. Special To The New York. TAILER-BROWN WEDDING.; Guests Gather at Baltimore for the Ceremony To-day.. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 14 April 1909.
    17. News: EDWARD LIVINGSTON DEAD AT FAMILY HOME; Was of Old and Distinguished New York AncestryuFu- neral Tomorrow.. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 20 January 1932.
    18. News: Times. Special To The New York. G. LIVINGSTON DIES; LONG AN ARCHITECT; Practitioner Here for 50 Years Included Hayden Planetarium, Oregon Capitol in His Work. 6 June 2017. The New York Times. 4 June 1951.
    19. News: OBITUARY RECORD.. 18 April 2017. The New York Times. 6 November 1895.
    20. News: Clermont State Historic Site: Searching for Emily Evans Livingston . 19 October 2018 . . 18 March 2018.
    21. News: MARRIED TIMPSON--LIVINGSTON . 19 October 2018 . . June 4, 1900.
    22. News: WEDDING IN PHILADELPHIA . 19 October 2018 . . November 3, 1880.
    23. News: DIED. . 19 October 2018 . . April 10, 1894.
    24. News: MARRIED . 19 October 2018 . . November 10, 1906.
    25. News: THE LIVINGSTONS - A CLAN'S STORY . 19 October 2018 . . July 27, 1981 . en.
    26. Web site: Honoria Livingston McVitty . npg.si.edu . . 19 October 2018 . en.
    27. News: HONORIA LIVINGSTON HAS CHURCH BRIDAL; Descendant of a Declaration Signer Wed to Reginald L.M. McVitty. ON HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY Clermont, Home of Bride's Mother, Built 200 Years Ago by First Lord of Livingston Manor. . 19 October 2018 . . September 13, 1931 . en.
    28. News: Miss Livingston . 19 October 2018 . . August 16, 1972 . 45 . en.
    29. News: JOHN H. LIVINGSTON DIES OF PNEUMONIA; Lawyer and Member of OId Knickerbocker Family -End Comes at His Aiken Home. . 19 October 2018 . . January 28, 1927 . en.
    30. News: DUCHESS WILL MARRY; Former Louise Clews, Robert Timpson to Wed Monday . 19 October 2018 . . April 30, 1954 . en.
    31. News: 'Blue Blood' Is Ousted By Exchange . 19 October 2018 . . 22 Feb 1963 . 45 . en.
    32. News: ELIZABETH HUTTON ENGAGED TO MARRY; Cincinnati Girl Will Become the Bride of R.C. L. Timpson of New York Next Month . 19 October 2018 . . October 29, 1937 . en.
    33. Book: Hasbrouck . Kenneth Edward . The Hasbrouck Family in America, with European background . 1974 . 44 . 9780608319124 . 19 October 2018 . en.

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