Joseph Larocque (April 2, 1831 – June 9, 1908) was a

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and president of the

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Biography

He was born in

in 1831 and educated at

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. Several years after his admission to

, he partnered with Judge William G. Choate to form the law firm of Shipman, Larocque & Choate, where he practiced until his retirement in 1899. Larocque was a director of a number of companies, including the American Cotton Oil Company, the Commonwealth Insurance Company of New York,

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, and Plaza Bank. He also served on the boards of a number of New York City institutions, including the

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, the Century Club, and

. Larocque was active in reform politics, serving as president of the New York City Bar Association from 1894 to 1895 and as chairman of the pro-

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Committee of Fifty in 1894. He died on June 9, 1908, of

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at age 78 in

. He was the grandfather of author and philanthropist

Edward Larocque Tinker Edward Larocque Tinker (New York City, September 12, 1881 – July 6, 1968, New York City) was an American writer and philanthropist who developed a deep interest in the culture of Latin America and spent much of his life exploring it. Tinker was th ...

(1881-1968) as well as

Annie Rensselaer Tinker Annie Rensselaer Tinker was an American suffragist, volunteer nurse, and philanthropist. The daughter of wealthy parents, she sailed to Europe to volunteer as a nurse in World War I, three years before the United States joined the war. Upon her d ...

, also a philanthropist and a suffragist. Diana Rivers is his granddaughter through his daughter, Elizabeth Larocque.

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