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Charles C. Auchincloss

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

Charles C. Auchincloss
Born
Charles Crooke Auchincloss

(1881-09-24)September 24, 1881
New York City, New York
DiedMay 14, 1961(1961-05-14) (aged 79)
New York City, New York
Alma mater
Spouse
Rosamund Saltonstall
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(m. 1906; died 1953)​
Children
  • Rosamond Saltonstall Plowden-Wardlaw
  • Richard Saltonstall Auchincloss
  • Josephine Lee Nicholas
Relatives

Early life

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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 (née 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.[7]

Career

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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.[7]

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.[7]

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).[7]

Personal life

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In June 1906, Auchincloss was married to Rosamund Saltonstall (1881–1953) of Boston at the Saltonstall home, 30 Fairfield St., Back Bay, Boston,[8] by the Rev. Dr. Endicott Peabody.[9] He held a bachelor dinner at Delmonico's on the Wednesday before the wedding.[10] She was a daughter of the late William Gurdon Saltonstall, and Josephine Rose (née Lee) Saltonstall (youngest daughter of John Clarke Lee, founder of Lee, Higginson & Co.).[11] After their wedding, they sailed for Europe before making their home in New York City.[12] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Rosamond Saltonstall Auchincloss (1907–1971), who married Burton James Lee Jr. in 1929.[13][14] They divorced and she married Benjamin Carlton Betner in 1951. They divorced and she married Thomas Campbell Plowden-Wardlaw in 1954.[15]
  • Richard Saltonstall Auchincloss (1909–1990), who married Mary King Wainwright (1911–2008), a daughter of Clement Reeves Wainwright, in 1939.[16]
  • Josephine Lee Auchincloss (1912–2005), who married Benjamin Carlton Betner in 1932.[17][18] They divorced and he married her elder sister, Rosamond, in 1951 while she married Harry Ingersoll Nicholas in 1960.[19]

His wife died on February 4, 1953, in Beacon, New York after a long illness.[11] Auchincloss died at his home, 120 East 70th Street, on May 14, 1961.[7] After his death, the Parke-Bernet Galleries held an auction of French, English and other furniture from his estate.[20]

Descendants

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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" (PDF). The New York Times. 16 December 1929. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ Ennis, Thomas W. (3 October 1976). "James C. Auchincloss Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. ^ Birmingham, Stephen (1968). The Right People. Little, Brown. p. 326.
  4. ^ Buck, Albert H. (1909). The Bucks of Wethersfield, Connecticut. Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co. pp. 120–3.
  5. ^ Birmingham, Stephen (2015). The Right People: The Social Establishment in America. Open Road Media. p. 259. ISBN 9781504026277. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  6. ^ Yale University Class of 1903 (1906). War Record and Record of Quindecennial Reunion. Yale University. p. 39. Retrieved 11 July 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e "Charles C. Auchincloss Dead; Lawyer and Stockbroker, 79". The New York Times. 15 May 1961. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. ^ "30 Fairfield". backbayhouses.org. Back Bay Houses. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Engaged". The Boston Globe. January 23, 1906. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Society at Home and Abroad". The New York Times. 17 June 1906. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b "MRS. C. C. AUCHINCLOSS". The New York Times. 5 February 1953. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  12. ^ "WILL TOUR EUROPE. Mr. Charles C. Auchincloss of New York and Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Wedded". The Boston Globe. June 19, 1906. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  13. ^ "ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ENGAGEMENTS; Miss Rosamond Saltonstall Auchincloss Becomes the Fiancee of Burton J. Lee Jr. THE PEOPLE'S CHORUS MARKS TWELFTH YEAR". The New York Times. 22 April 1928. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  14. ^ "MISS AUCHINCLOSS NAMES ATTENDANTS; Will Have Sister for Maid of Honor at Wedding to Burton J. Lee Jr". The New York Times. 8 June 1929. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths PLOWDEN, WARDLAW, THOMAS CAMPBELL". The New York Times. 17 August 1997. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  16. ^ Hill, Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES Ira L. (16 April 1939). "Miss Wainwright Wed in Gwynedd; She Is Married to Richard S. Auchincloss--Attended Foxcroft School". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  17. ^ "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". The New York Times. 7 May 1932. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  18. ^ "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". The New York Times. 23 November 1932. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Harry Nicholas Jr. Weds Mrs. Betner". The New York Times. 4 October 1960. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  20. ^ "GALLERY TO OFFER PERIOD FURNITURE; Auction Here Will Include Effects of Two Estates". The New York Times. 24 September 1961. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  21. ^ "THREE DEBUTANTES HONORED AT DANCE; Rosamond Lee, Ormsby Hanes and Gay Semler Guests Here -- Barbara Pettit Feted". The New York Times. 14 December 1947. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  22. ^ "ROSAMOND S. LEE BECOMES FIANCEE; Former Vassar Student to Be Bride of Francis I. du Pont 2d, Yale Graduate of Today". The New York Times. 12 June 1950. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  23. ^ Times, The New York (8 October 1950). "F.I. du Pont 2d Marries Rosamond Lee Amid Floral Setting in St. James Church". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  24. ^ Coulby, Susan (7 January 2019). "DCAD showing 'Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics by Bernie Felch'". Wilmington, DE Patch. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  25. ^ "Charles Crooke Auchincloss (1881-1961) - HouseHistree". househistree.com. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  26. ^ a b "Charles Crooke Auchincloss House (Builtover/Whispered Wishes)". www.roslynlandmarks.org. Roslyn Landmark Society. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  27. ^ Times, Special to The New York (1 February 1925). "AUCHINCLOSS HOME ROBBED.; Loot Worth $10,000 Taken by Burglars Under Cover of Storm". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  28. ^ Times, Special to The New York (29 April 1931). "MRS. G.F. SWIFT GIVES A LUNCHEON; Golf Matches at Hot Springs Attract Large Gallery--Mrs. C. C. Auchincloss Hostess". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  29. ^ "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". The New York Times. 19 April 1929. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  30. ^ a b Miller, Tom (14 April 2012). "Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1931 Charles C. Auchincloss House -- No. 120 East 70th Street". daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  31. ^ "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". The New York Times. 19 October 1930. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  32. ^ Gray, Christopher (17 September 2006). "Along Millionaires' Row, at the Crest of Lenox Hill". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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