Louis Lasher Lorillard Explained

Louis Lasher Lorillard (November 26, 1849 – October 22, 1910) was a prominent American clubman.

Personal life

Louis was born on November 26, 1849, in New York City.^[1] He was the son of Pierre Lorillard III (1796–1867) and Catherine (née Griswold) Lorillard. Among his large family were siblings, Pierre Lorillard IV;^{[2] [3]} Catherine Lorillard,^[4] wife of James Powell Kernochan;^{[5] [6]} Jacob Lorillard;^[7] Mary Lorillard,^[8] wife of Henry Isaac Barbey;^{[9] [10]} George Lyndes Lorillard,^{[11] [12] [13]} and Eva Lorillard,^[14] wife of Lawrence Kip.^[15]

His paternal grandparents were Pierre Lorillard II and Maria Dorothea (née Schultz) Lorillard. In 1760, his great-grandfather founded P. Lorillard and Company in New York City to process tobacco, cigars, and snuff which, today, is the oldest tobacco company in the U.S. His mother's family owned "the great New York mercantile house of N. L. & G. Griswold, known to their rivals as "No Loss and Great Gain Griswold," importers of rum, sugar, and tea."^[16]

Career

Upon his father's death in 1867, eighteen year old Louis, and his siblings, inherited a large fortune and was "regarded as one of the wealthiest young men in New York." Like his brothers, he was an "ardent sportsman, and his fancies in this direction seemed to turn especially to yachting. His first yacht, the Eva" was named after his younger sister. He later owned The Wanderer, a larger and faster yacht that was the "most up-to-date type of keel ocean-going schooner."

He was a member of the New York Yacht Club, the Knickerbocker Club, and the Newport Reading Club.

In 1896, Lorillard sold his Vinland Estate at Ochre Point in Newport, Rhode Island, to Hamilton McKown Twombly and his wife, Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly. He had inherited Vinland, which was built in 1882 by Peabody & Stearns, from his aunt, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe.^[17]

Personal life

In 1874, Lorillard was married to Katherine Livingston Beeckman (1855–1941), sister of Rhode Island Governor Robert Livingston Beeckman.^{[18] [19]} Together, they were the parents of four sons and a daughter:^[20]

• Louis Lasher Lorillard Jr. (1875–1938),^[21] who married Edith Norman Hunter in 1914.^{[22] [23]}
  • Louis Livingston Lorillard (1919-1987) who while married to Elaine Lorillard cofounded the Newport Jazz Festival with her and George Wein.
• Mary Lorillard (1875–1878), who died young.
• George L. Lorillard, who lived in Paris, France.
• Beeckman Lorillard (1884–1923), who married Katherine Doyle.^[24]
• Harold Livingston Lorillard (1888–1889), who died in infancy.

Lorillard died at the Mercedes Hotel in Paris on October 22, 1910.^[25] He was buried at Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In his will, his wife received one-fifth of the income from the estate he inherited from his father, but only one-tenth if she remarried, with the remainder of the estate split between his living sons.^[26]

Notes and References

1. Book: Greene . Richard Henry . Stiles . Henry Reed . Dwight . Melatiah Everett . Morrison . George Austin . Mott . Hopper Striker . Totten . John Reynolds . Pitman . Harold Minot . Ditmas . Charles Andrew . Forest . Louis Effingham De . Mann . Conklin . Maynard . Arthur S. . The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record . 1954 . . 235 . 4 September 2019 . en.
2. News: PIERRE LORILLARD, SR., IN CRITICAL CONDITION; Removed from the Deutschland to a Hotel in an Ambulance. Was Taken III in England and Was Confined to His Cabin Throughout the Voyage.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. July 5, 1901.
3. News: PIERRE LORILLARD DEAD; Famous in Society, in Commerce, and in the World of Sport. First American to Win the English Derby – Other Triumphs on the Turf in Both Hemispheres.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. July 8, 1901.
4. News: Mrs. Catherine Lorillard Kernochan. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. February 27, 1917.
5. News: JAMES P. KERNOCHAN DEAD; Well-Known Clubman Expires from the Effects of Being Knocked Down on Monday. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. Archibald Pell Says He Knew Tuesday that Miss Baker, the Banker's Daughter, Drove the Wagon Which Ran Against His Father-in-Law.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. March 6, 1897.
6. Book: Pell. Eve. We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante. 2009. SUNY Press. 9781438424972. 14. November 17, 2017. en.
7. News: JACOB LORILLARD DEAD.; Founder of Tuxedo Park Dies in London, His Home for 15 Year.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. April 29, 1916.
8. News: MRS. M. LORILLARD BARBEY; Sister of Tuxedo Park's Founder Dies in Her Paris Residence.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. April 11, 1926.
9. Web site: Henry Isaac Barbey (1833–1906). nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. November 17, 2017.
10. News: HENRY I. BARBEY DIES ABROAD; New Yorker's Death Occurred Near Geneva, Where He Was Educated.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. July 10, 1906.
11. News: GEORGE LORILLARD'S DEATH.; HIS CAREER AS A YACHTSMAN AND ON THE TURF.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. February 5, 1886.
12. News: DEATH LIST OF A DAY. Countess de Agreda. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. July 3, 1899.
13. News: WHAT IS DOING IN SOCIETY.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. September 8, 1899.
14. News: DEATH LIST OF A DAY. Mrs. Eva Lorillard Kip. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. February 24, 1903.
15. News: COL. LAWRENCE KIP DEAD; His Wife and Daughter with Him at the End. CONSCIOUS UP TO THE LAST Prominent in the Social Life of New York as a Sportsman – His Military Career.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. November 18, 1899.
16. Book: Hutto. Richard Jay. The Jekyll Island Club Members. 2005. Indigo Custom Publishing. 9780977091225. 100. November 17, 2017. en.
17. News: PURCHASED BY THE TWOMBLYS; Louis L. Lorillard's Estate of Vinland, in Newport, Disposed Of to Advantage Yesterday. . 4 September 2019 . . 28 January 1896.
18. News: Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard Ill.. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. February 26, 1921.
19. News: MRS. LORILLARD, 86, OF NEWPORT, DEAD; Sister of Ex-Gov. Beeckman of Rhode Island Had Suffered a Stroke Thursday. November 17, 2017. The New York Times. July 21, 1941.
20. Book: Morton . John Fass . Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56 . 2008 . . 9780813542829 . 273 . 4 September 2019 . en.
21. News: LOUIS S. LORILLARD IS DEAD IN POMFRET; Yachtsman Was Owner of Man Winning Craft--Yale Graduate . 4 September 2019 . . 1 May 1938.
22. News: EDITH HUNTER TO BE MRS. L. L. LORILLARD; Her Engagement to Son of the Late Louis L. Lorillard Announced in Newport. BRIDE-TO-BE IS 19 TODAY Her Fiance Is with His Mother in Switzerland, but They Will Return Soon for Wedding. . 4 September 2019 . . 12 October 1914.
23. News: LOUIS L. LORILLARD WEDS MISS HUNTER; Only Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Hunter a Bride at Belair, Newport. UNDER A FLORAL CANOPY Moonstone Bracelets and Gold Key Chains the Gifts to Bridesmaids and Ushers ;- The Guests. . 4 September 2019 . . 6 December 1914.
24. News: Beeckman Lorlllard. . 4 September 2019 . . 22 February 1923.
25. News: LOUIS L. LORILLARD DEAD; Son of Late Pierre Lorillard and Prominent Yachtsman, Dies In Paris. . 4 September 2019 . . 23 October 1910.
26. News: Louis L. Lorillard's Will Probated. . 4 September 2019 . . 18 November 1910.