Percy Rivington Pyne II explained
Percy Rivington Pyne II (May 5, 1857 - August 22, 1929) was a banker, financier, and philanthropist.
Early life
Pyne was born on May 5, 1857 in New York City, the son of Percy Rivington Pyne I (1820-1895) and Albertina Shelton (née Taylor) Pyne (1833–1900). His maternal grandfather was Moses Taylor, founder of the First National City Bank of New York and a stockholder in the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. His older brother, Moses Taylor Pyne, inherited much of the family fortune and was a major benefactor of Princeton University.
Pyne received a B.A. degree from Princeton in 1878 and an M.A. degree in 1881.
Career
He began his business career under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather, Moses Taylor, serving as a partner in the firm of Moses Taylor & Co. He would follow in his grandfather's footsteps, becoming director of the National City Bank as well as manager of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
From 1903 to 1922, Pyne also served as treasurer of the New York Zoological Society.
Residences
In New York City, Pyne and his family lived at 680 Park Avenue at the corner of East 68th Street, now home to the Americas Society.[1] In 1899, he built the mansion Upton Pyne in Bernardsville, New Jersey, as a summer home.[2] It was named after Upton Pyne in Devon, England, his family's ancestral manor. It was the largest mansion in the area until it was torn down by his daughter in 1982.[3]
Personal life
On June 20, 1889, he married Maud Howland (1866–1952), daughter of New York merchant Gardiner Greene Howland.[4] Maud's brother Dulany Howland married Marguerite McClure, who later remarried Ogden Haggerty Hammond, the father of Millicent Fenwick.[5] Together, Percy and Maud Pyne had five children:[4]
- Grafton Howland Pyne (1890–1935),[6] who married Leta Constance Wright (1892–1957), a daughter of Eben Wright.[4]
- Herbert Rivington Pyne (1892–1952),[7] who married Florence Ledyard Blair (1893–1982), daughter of banker C. Ledyard Blair.[8]
- Mary Percy Pyne (b. November 27, 1893, d. May 10, 1994), who married Oliver Dwight Filley (1883–1961),[9] [10] a grandson of Oliver Filley and cousin of Dwight F. Davis.[11] In 1963 she married Charles Suydam Cutting (1889-1972).[12]
- Percy Rivington Pyne Jr. (1896–1941), a flier with the 103d Aero Squadron during World War I.[13]
- Meredith Howland Pyne (b. October 5, 1898, d. November 25, 1927), who did not marry.[14]
Pyne died at his Bernardsville, New Jersey, home on August 22, 1929, at the age of 72.[15]
Notes and References
- http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES041.htm Americas Society
- News: Curtis . Charlotte . Charlotte Curtis . PORTRAIT OF A LADY; BERNARDSVILLE, N.J. High above the town, in the densely forested Somerset Hills, is a rambling house with several drawing rooms. Outside, the mistress of that house and what used to be a 500-acre property sits on her porch, sipping minty iced tea. . 4 February 2021 . . 5 July 1983.
- Schleicher, William A. and Susan Winter. In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry. Arcadia, 1997, p. 43.
- Reynolds, Cuyler. Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. 3 (1914), pp. 1413-14.
- Shapiro, Amy. Millicent Fenwick: Her Way (2003), p. 30.
- News: GRAFTON H. PYNE.; Former Member of New York Stock Exchange and Financier. . 23 July 2018 . . October 9, 1935 . en.
- News: Deaths PYNE . 23 July 2018 . . March 25, 1952 . en.
- Book: Schleicher . William A. . Winter . Susan . In the Somerset Hills: The Landed Gentry . 1997 . Arcadia Publishing . 9780752408996 . 23 July 2018 . en.
- News: OLIVER FILLEY, 78, A RETIRED BROKER; Aide at Post & Fiagg From 1921 to 1942 Dies--Was Pilot in World War I . 23 July 2018 . . January 19, 1961 . en.
- News: Foreman . John . A Park Avenue Story . 23 July 2018 . BIG OLD HOUSES . 18 February 2015.
- News: MISS PYNE ENGAGED TO COL. O.D. FILLEY Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy R. Pyne to Wed U.S.A. Aviator Awarded Cross by British. . 23 July 2018 . . December 2, 1917.
- News: C. Suydam Cutting, Who Made Historic Visit to Tibet, Is Dead. 6 June 2021 . . August 25, 1972.
- News: PERCY R. PYNE JR., 46, FLIER IN WORLD WAR; Won D. S. C. in France in 1918 uLate Father Railroad Official . 23 July 2018 . . December 10, 1941 . en.
- Book: Pyne . Moses Taylor . Descendants of Galcerán de Pinós in Spain, France, England and America . 1915 . T. A. Wright . 43 . 23 July 2018 . en.
- News: Percy R. Pyne Dies. Noted Financier. Philanthropist Succumbs at His Summer Home in Bernardsville, N.J., at 72 Years. Bank And Rail Official. He Was Long Active in Many New York Charities and Interested in Explorations. A Native of New York City. Active in Scientific Research . Percy R. Pyne, philanthropist, railroad official, financier and member of a prominent New York family, died here early this morning at his Summer home, Upton Pyne. .... . August 23, 1929 . 2012-09-15 .
