Edmund Lincoln Baylies Jr. (1857-1932)
Attorney, of New York City & Member of the "400"; died without children
He was born in New York City. He was a great-grandson of Nathaniel Prime, 1st President of the New York Stock Exchange; a brother of Walter Cabot Baylies, President of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company; brother-in-law of Francis Cabot Lowell, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals; and, a first cousin of Ruth (Livingston) Mills, of the Mills Mansion at Staatsburg. He graduated from Harvard College (1879), Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1882) and Columbia Law School (LL.D., 1882). He travelled for a year in Europe before starting his legal career in New York.
In 1895, focusing on real estate law, he went into partnership with Carter Ledyard & Milburn and was the personal Counsel to Cornelius Vanderbilt III. He was President of the Vanderbilt Hotel Corporation; President of the Seamen's Church Institute; Vice-President and trustee of the Green-Wood Cemetery; trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; and, a Director of the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Eastern Steel Company, and All America Cables, Inc. - in 1896 he actively supported running a cable between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. He was a member of the New-York Historical Society; the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; the Knickerbocker Club; University Club; the Century Association; the Harvard Club; the Riding Club; and, the New York Yacht Club. He was one of the Patriarchs and with his wife one of Mrs Astor's 400.
In 1887, he married Louisa Van Rensselaer, granddaughter of "The Old Patroon" Stephen Van Rensselaer, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and one of the 10 richest Americans in U.S. history. They lived at 10 East 62nd Street in New York City and died without children. His widow was awarded the French Legion of Honour for her charity work during World War I and she died in England when she was living with Cornelia, Countess of Craven.
In 1895, focusing on real estate law, he went into partnership with Carter Ledyard & Milburn and was the personal Counsel to Cornelius Vanderbilt III. He was President of the Vanderbilt Hotel Corporation; President of the Seamen's Church Institute; Vice-President and trustee of the Green-Wood Cemetery; trustee of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company; and, a Director of the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Eastern Steel Company, and All America Cables, Inc. - in 1896 he actively supported running a cable between the United States and the Hawaiian Islands. He was a member of the New-York Historical Society; the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; the Knickerbocker Club; University Club; the Century Association; the Harvard Club; the Riding Club; and, the New York Yacht Club. He was one of the Patriarchs and with his wife one of Mrs Astor's 400.
In 1887, he married Louisa Van Rensselaer, granddaughter of "The Old Patroon" Stephen Van Rensselaer, Lieutenant-Governor of New York and one of the 10 richest Americans in U.S. history. They lived at 10 East 62nd Street in New York City and died without children. His widow was awarded the French Legion of Honour for her charity work during World War I and she died in England when she was living with Cornelia, Countess of Craven.
