George Henry Warren (November 18, 1823 – April 8, 1892) was an American lawyer who co-founded the

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Early life

Warren was born on November 18, 1823, in

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. He was a son of Nathan Warren and Mary (

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Bouton) Warren. Among his siblings was Harriet Louise Warren (wife of Gen. Edmund Shriver), musical composer Nathan Bouton Warren, and Stephen Eliakim Warren, a graduate of

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. His paternal grandparents were Eliakim Warren and Phebe (née Bouton) Warren and his maternal grandparents were Nathan Bouton and Abigail (née Burlock) Bouton. His paternal grandfather and maternal grandmother were siblings, both descendants of John Bouton, a

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who came to

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in 1635. Through his paternal uncle, Stephan Warren, he was a first cousin of

Joseph M. Warren Joseph Mabbett Warren (January 28, 1813 – September 10, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Troy, New York, Warren attended the local schools, and in 1827 entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He graduated ...

, a

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from New York. He graduated from

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, in 1843.

Career

After graduation, Warren relocated to New York City and was engaged in the practice of law and in financial operations there. He served as director of many large and important companies, including the Union Trust Company. He took an active interest in the direction of the affairs of the Metropolitan Opera House.

Personal life

On April 29, 1851, Warren was married to Mary Caroline Phoenix (1832–1901). Mary was a daughter of

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and Mary (née Whitney) Phoenix Mary (a daughter of Stephen Whitney, one of the wealthiest merchants in New York City). Together, they were the parents of nine children, including: * Mary Ida Warren (1852–1899), who married Robert Percy Alden (1848–1909) in 1878 in Paris. * Harriette Warren (1854–1912), who married wealthy businessman and yachtsman

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in 1879. *

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(1855–1943), a stockbroker who married Georgia "Daisy" Williams (1863–1937). * Emeline Whitney Dore Warren (b. 1857), who died unmarried. * Edmund Warren (b. 1861), who died young. * Whitney Phoenix Warren (1864–1943), a twin who became a prominent

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architect with

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. He married Charlotte Tooker, a daughter of Gabriel Mead Tooker. * Anna Phoenix Warren (1864–1865), a twin who died young. * Edith Caroline Warren (1866–1944), who married industrialist and real estate operator William Starr Miller II. They lived at 1048 Fifth Avenue (on the corner of 86th Street) designed by

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(Warren and Wetmore did their Newport cottage). * Lloyd Eliot Warren (1868–1922), who was also an architect. Warren died on April 8, 1892, at 520

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, his home in

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. He was buried in the Warren Chapel at Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Mary Ida, he was a grandfather of two: John Percy Coleman Alden and George Henry Warren Alden. Through his son George, he was a grandfather of Constance Whitney Warren, a sculptor who married Count Guy de Lasteyrie, son of the Marquis de Lasteyrie and a descendant of

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. Through his daughter Harriette, he was the grandfather of

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(1880–1941), a financier and real estate developer. Through his daughter Edith, he was the grandfather of the author

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(1887–1933), who married

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in 1921 (after the death of his first wife,

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). Edith co-wrote ''Occult Theocrasy'',

References

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