Albert Carlton Bostwick (June 22, 1878 – November 10, 1911)
was an American banker, sportsman, and automobile enthusiast.
Early life
Bostwick was born in New York City on June 22, 1878. He was the only son born to
Jabez A. Bostwick
Jabez Abel Bostwick (September 23, 1830 – August 16, 1892) was an American businessman who was a founding partner of Standard Oil.
Early life
Bostwick was born in Delhi (town), New York, Delhi, New York on September 23, 1830. He was a son of A ...
and Helen Celia (
née
The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Ford) Bostwick (1848–1920).
His father was a founding partner of
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company was a Trust (business), corporate trust in the petroleum industry that existed from 1882 to 1911. The origins of the trust lay in the operations of the Standard Oil of Ohio, Standard Oil Company (Ohio), which had been founde ...
and a major shareholder and President of the
New York and New England Railroad
The New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) was a railroad connecting southern New York State with Hartford, Connecticut; Providence, Rhode Island; and Boston, Massachusetts. It operated under that name from 1873 to 1893. Prior to 1873 it was ...
, a substantial shareholder in the
Housatonic Railroad
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, and a member of the
New York Cotton Exchange
The New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE) is a commodities exchange founded in 1870 by a group of one hundred cotton brokers and merchants in New York City. In 1998, the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) became the parent company of the New York Cotton ...
.
His two sisters were Nellie Ford Bostwick, who married twice,
and Frances Evelyn "Fannie" Bostwick, who married four times, including to Dr.
Serge Voronoff
Serge Abrahamovitch Voronoff (; c. July 10, 1866September 3, 1951) was a French surgeon of Russian origin who gained fame for his practice of xenotransplantation of monkey testicle tissues onto the testicles of men, purportedly as an anti-agin ...
.
His maternal grandparents were Smith Reed Ford and Frances Lee (née Fox) Ford. His paternal grandparents were Abel Bostwick and Sally (née Fitch) Bostwick.
Career
Bostwick began working for Walter C. Stokes & Co., a brokerage firm, as a delivery boy. In 1899, he became a special partner of the firm. He was also a deputy sheriff of
Westchester County
Westchester County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York, bordering the Long Island Sound and the Byram River to its east and the Hudson River on its west. The county is the seventh most populous cou ...
,
where he had an estate in
Mamaroneck
Mamaroneck ( ), is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.
The population was 31,758 at the 2020 United States census over 29,156 at the 2010 census. There are two villages contained within the town: Larchmont and the Villag ...
.
He was an "enthusiastic horseman and yachtsman, and fond of automobiling." Bostwick was a member of the
New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) is a private social club and yacht club based in New York City and Newport, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1844 by nine prominent sportsmen. The members have contributed to the sport of yachting and yacht design. ...
, the
American Yacht Club, a former Commodore of the
Larchmont Yacht Club
Larchmont Yacht Club is a private, members-only yacht club situated on Larchmont Harbor (Long Island Sound), Larchmont Harbor in the Larchmont, New York, Village of Larchmont, in Westchester County, New York (state), New York.
History
The cl ...
,
the
Union League Club
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, the Riding Club, the
Westchester Country Club
Westchester Country Club is a private country club located in Harrison, New York. Founded in 1922 as a destination for sportsmen, it was known to professional golfers and spectators for more than four decades as the home of the Westchester Cla ...
, the
Apawamis Club
The Apawamis Club is a private country club located in Rye, New York, Westchester County, long known for its 18-hole golf course and prominence in the sport of squash. The 1911 U.S. Amateur was contested here, resulting in a playoff between the r ...
, and the
Meadow Brook Club.
With his automobile, Bostwick set several land speed records in the United States and Europe.
Bostwick owned ''Limited'', a 46-foot
steam yacht
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Origin of the name
The English steamboat entrepreneur George Dodd (1783–1827) used the term ...
and ''Vergemere'', a 315-foot
auxiliary schooner.
Personal life
In June 1898, Bostwick was married to Marie Lillian Stokes (1877–1962)
by the Rev. Dr.
David H. Greer at
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City.
Marie was the daughter of Sophia Isaacs (née Lockwood) Stokes and Henry Bolter Stokes, president of the
Manhattan Life Insurance Company
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. Her sister, Florence Lockwood Stokes, was married to
F. Ambrose Clark
Frederick Ambrose Clark (August 1, 1880 – February 26, 1964) was an American heir and Equestrianism, equestrian.
Early life
"Brose" Clark was born on August 1, 1880, in Cooperstown, New York. He was the third son of Alfred Corning Clark (1844 ...
(a son of
Alfred Corning Clark
Alfred Corning Clark I (November 14, 1844 – April 8, 1896) was an American philanthropist and patron of the arts.
Early life
He was the son of Edward Cabot Clark (1811–1882) and Caroline (née Jordan) Clark (1815–1874). His father ...
and grandson of
Edward Cabot Clark
Edward Cabot Clark (December 19, 1811 – October 14, 1882) was an American lawyer, businessman and investor.
Early life
Clark was born on December 19, 1811, in Athens, New York, Athens in Greene County, New York. He was the eldest child of ...
). Together, they lived at 801 Fifth Avenue (in a residence adjoining his mother) and were the parents of:
*
Dorothy Stokes Bostwick (1899–2001), a philanthropist and the first woman to hold a helicopter pilot's license.
She married W. T. Sampson Smith, grandson of Rear Admiral
William T. Sampson. She later married
Joseph Campbell
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, the 4th
Comptroller General of the United States
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.
*
Albert C. Bostwick Jr. (1901–1980), a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder whose horse
Mate
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Science
* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in:
** Mate choice, intersexual selection
*** Mate choice in humans
** Mating
* Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins
Pers ...
won the 1931
Preakness Stakes
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. He married Eleanor P. Sage in 1937.
*
Lillian Bostwick (1906–1987),
an owner of
Thoroughbred
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steeplechase
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racehorses
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who won the
American Grand National eight times and who married
Ogden Phipps
Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 – April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist. In 2001, he was induct ...
.
*
Dunbar Wright Bostwick
Dunbar Wright Bostwick (January 10, 1908 – January 25, 2006) was an American businessman, hockey player, pilot and horseman.
Biography
Dunbar Bostwick was the fourth child of Albert Carlton Bostwick Sr. and Mary Lillian Stokes. His father wa ...
(1908–2006), the chairman of the Aviation Instrument Manufacturing Corp. who was a
standardbred
The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace its bloodline ...
horse breeder.
He married Electra Webb, a daughter of
Electra Havemeyer Webb
Electra Havemeyer Webb (August 16, 1888 – November 19, 1960) was a collector of American antiques and founder of the Shelburne Museum.
Early life
Electra Havemeyer was born on August 16, 1888. She was the youngest child of Henry Osborne Hav ...
and
James Watson Webb II
James Watson Webb II (known as James Sr.) (July 1, 1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion and insurance executive. He was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb.
Early life
Webb was born on July 1, 1884, in B ...
, granddaughter of
Lila Vanderbilt Webb.
*
George Herbert "Pete" Bostwick (1909–1982), a
Hall of Fame
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polo
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player,
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame steeplechase jockey and horse trainer.
After a two-week illness, Bostwick died at the home of his mother, 800
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough (New York City), borough of Manhattan in New York City. The avenue runs south from 143rd Street (Manhattan), West 143rd Street in Harlem to Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. The se ...
in New York City, on November 10, 1911.
After his death, his widow remarried to Fitch Gilbert Jr., a
Harvard
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher lear ...
and
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School (CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City.
The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...
graduate and farmer, in 1914.
References
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1878 births
1911 deaths
Bostwick family
Sportspeople from Manhattan
Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Businesspeople from New York City
People from Mamaroneck, New York
People from the Upper East Side