Harmon Pumpelly Read (1860-1925)
Maj. Harmon Pumpelly Read, F.R.G.S., of 236 State Street, Albany, New York
He was born at Albany, New York. He was educated at Paris, France, and Athens, Greece, also at St. John's Military School, and Trinity College. He was a Fellow of Royal Geographical Society of London and the Geographical Society of Paris. He was a member of Historical Society of New York and of Pennsylvania; President of the Young Men's Association; Inspector of Rifle Practice, National Guard, New York, with rank of Major; Mason, thirty-second degree; Captain-General, Knights of the Golden Cord, Ancient French Rite; Regent of Philip Livingston Chapter, Sons of Revolution; Member of the Cincinnati of Delaware; Governor-General of the Order of Albion; appointed by the Mayor of Albany to serve as acting Chairman on the committee to receive the Duke of Veragua; Secretary of a committee to welcome the Postal Congress, John Boyd Thacher, Mayor; and in Republican circles his advice was often sought. In 1889, at St. John's Church, Stamford, Connecticut, he married Marguerite de Carron d'Allondans, daughter of Jacques Frederic de Carron d'Allondans (1835-1870) and Catherine Marguerite Pillard.
