Robert Weeks DeForest (1848-1931)

President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

He succeeded J.P. Morgan as President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and married the daughter of the museum's first president, John Taylor Johnston.

Parents (2)

Henry Grant de Forest

of 15 West 30th Street, New York City

1820-1889

Julia (Weeks) de Forest

Julia Mary (Weeks) de Forest

1827-1896

Spouse (1)

Emily (Johnston) de Forest

Mrs Emily (Johnston) de Forest; Author & Collector of Cold Spring Harbor, New York

1851-1942

Children (4)

Johnston de Forest

Attorney, of New York City

1873-1952

Henry Lockwood de Forest

of New York City

1875-1954

Ethel (de Forest) Whitman

Mrs Ethel (de Forest) Vermilye, Whitman

1877-1962

Frances Emily (de Forest) Stewart

Mrs Frances Emily (de Forest) Stewart

1878-1957