George Henry Warren II

George Henry Warren II (October 17, 1855 – June 3, 1943) was a New York City stockbroker and real estate developer.[1]

For other people named George Warren, see George Warren (disambiguation).
George Henry Warren II
Born(1855-10-17)October 17, 1855
Troy, New York
DiedJune 6, 1943(1943-06-06) (aged 87)
New York City
Alma materColumbia University
Columbia Law School
Occupation(s)Stockbroker, Real estate developer
Spouse
Georgia Williams
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(m. 1885; died 1937)​
ChildrenConstance Whitney Warren
George Henry Warren III
Parent(s)George Henry Warren
Mary Caroline Phoenix
RelativesJonas P. Phoenix (grandfather)
Whitney Warren (brother)
Lloyd Warren (brother)
Guy de Lasteyrie (son-in-law)
Robert Goelet (brother-in-law)

Early life

George Henry Warren II was born in Troy, New York, to George Henry Warren[2][3] and Mary Caroline Phoenix,[4] the sister of Lloyd Phoenix and daughter of U.S. Representative Jonas Phillips Phoenix, who were married on April 29, 1851, in New York City.[5]

G. H. Warren II had nine brothers and sisters, all born from the same father and mother, including: Mary Ida Warren, Harriette Louise Warren, Emeline Whitney Dore Warren, Whitney Phoenix Warren, Edmund Warren, Anna Phoenix Warren, a twin who died young, Whitney Warren, a twin who became a prominent architect, Edith Caroline Warren, and Lloyd Eliot Warren, also an architect.[5]

Warren graduated from Columbia University in 1880 and then Columbia Law School.[1]

Career

After graduating from Law School, Warren decided not to practice law, instead he went into business in the 1890s as a stockbroker on the New York Stock Exchange with Thomas Fortune Ryan, founding the firm of Lee, Ryan & Warren.[1]

Later, Warren became a real estate developer, founding the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company that owned the Metropolitan Opera then located at 1411 Broadway and West 39th Street.[1]

He was a director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (which began as the Camden & Amboy Railroad) as well as the Metropolitan Trust Company.[1]

Personal life

On May 14, 1885, Warren was married to Georgia "Daisy" Williams in New York City. They lived in New York City and in Newport, Rhode Island.[5] Together, they were the parents of Constance Whitney Warren, a sculptor who married Count Guy de Lasteyrie,[6][7] and George Henry Warren III, a member of the New York Stock Exchange who married Katherine Urquhart, founder and president of the Preservation Society of Newport County.[8][9]

Warren died at his home, 924 Fifth Avenue in New York City, on June 3, 1943.[1]

References
  1. "George H. Warren ... A Founder of Concern That Once Owned Metropolitan Opera's Home, Dies at 87. Kin Of Noted Architect. Graduate of Columbia and Its Law School, but Never Had Practiced. Formerly Broker". New York Times. June 4, 1943. Retrieved 2010-07-25. Warren's wife, Georgia ... Warren, died on Feb. 21, 1937. Surviving are a son, George Henry Warren, Jr.; a daughter, Constance Whitney Warren, ...
  2. George Henry Warren I (November 8, 1823 – April 8, 1892)
  3. "George Henry Warren" (PDF). New York Times. April 9, 1892. Retrieved 2010-07-25. George Henry Warren, for many years one of the best-known financial men in New York died yesterday at his home, 520 Fifth Avenue, of a complication of diseases, ...
  4. Mary Caroline Phoenix (February 27, 1832 - January 18, 1901)
  5. Weeks, Lyman Horace (1898). Prominent Families of New York: Being an Account in Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of the Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City. Historical Company. p. 604. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  6. "Miss Warren Weds Count. Few at Ceremony, Owing to Mrs. Goelet's Death". New York Times. December 20, 1912. Retrieved 2014-04-15. As first planned, the wedding was to have been a large one, but, owing to the recent death in Paris of Mrs. Robert Goelet, the bride's aunt, ...
  7. "Constance Warren to Wed. Her Engagement to Comte Guy de Lasteyrie Announced In Paris". New York Times. October 26, 1912. Retrieved 2010-07-25. The engagement is announced of Comte Guy de Lasteyrie, son of the Marquis and Marquise de Lasteyrie of Paris, to Constance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ...
  8. "Katherine U. Warren, 79, Dies; Newport Preservation Leader". The New York Times. 20 April 1976. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  9. Times, Special To the New York (23 October 1971). "George Warren Jr. of Stock Exchange". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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