James Hampden Robb (1846-1911)
J. Hampden Robb, Merchant Banker & New York State Senator
He was born at Philadelphia and was educated in Europe and at Harvard (1866). Settling in New York City, he was a merchant banker and became a Member of the New York State Senate and General Assembly. He was Commissioner of the Niagara Falls Reservation; Commissioner & President of the Department of Parks, New York City; and, Vice-President of the Union Club. He belonged to the Southern, Geographical, Historical, Art, Sculpture & Archaeology Societies. He lived between his Stanford White-designed mansion at 23 Park Avenue (see images) and "The Dolphins" at Southampton, L.I. He married Cornelia, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer and they were the parents of five children (listed), although only three survived them.
