Percy Rivington Pyne (1820-1895)
of 23 West 20th Street, N.Y.C., President of the National City Bank, New York
He was born in London, England, and was educated at Christ's Hospital south of Horsham in West Sussex before emigrating to New York City in 1835. He began his career as a clerk with Moses Taylor & Co., importers of Cuban sugar. On becoming a partner in 1842, Pyne managed the sugar business while Taylor focused on expanding the company into finance, iron, coal and railroads. In 1855, Pyne married Taylor's daughter, Albertina, and in 1882 he succeeded his father-in-law as President of the National City Bank that Taylor founded in 1865. He also became a director of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, and of the New Jersey Zinc Company.
