George Eustis Paine (1892-1953)

Chairman of the New York & Pennsylvania Company; of New York & Paris

He was born in Willsboro, New York and graduated from Columbia University. During the First World War, he served as an ambulance driver in France and for sometime lived between New York and Paris. He later became Chairman of the board of his family-owned paper manufacturing firm, the New York and Pennsylvania Company. He was also Trustee of Hanover Bank; Director and Chairman of the Fidelity-Phoenix Fire Insurance Company; and, a Director and Executive Committee Member of the Great Northern Paper Company. He had a passion for collecting artefacts associated with Napoleon, amassing a recently auctioned 155+ piece collection. He lived in New York and from 1936 to 1948 owned Land's End in Newport, famous as one of the former homes of Edith Wharton. After his first wife died in mysterious circumstances he bought "The Waves" at Newport. He was survived by his widow and 2-children by his first wife.

Parents

Augustus Gibson Paine Jr.

Ornithologist & President of the New York & Pennsylvania Company

1866-1947

Maud Eustis (Potts) Paine

Mrs Maud Eustis (Potts) Paine

1865-1919

Spouses

Helen (Ellis) Paine

Mrs Helen (Ellis) Paine

1895-1948

Katryna (Weed) Paine

Mrs Katryna Ten Broeck (Weed) Dana, Paine

1897-1962

Children

Augustus Gibson Paine

"Gusty" Paine, President of the New York & Pennsylvania Company

1919-1993

George Eustis Paine II

George Eustis Paine II, Member of the New York State Senate

1920-1991

Associated Houses

Land's End

Newport, Rhode Island