Louis Lasher Lorillard (November 26, 1849 – October 22, 1910) was a prominent American clubman.
Personal life
Louis was born on November 26, 1849 in New York City.
He was the son of
Pierre Lorillard III
Pierre Lorillard III (October 20, 1796 – December 23, 1867) was the grandson of Pierre Abraham Lorillard, the founder of P. Lorillard and Company. Heir to a great tobacco fortune, Lorillard owned no less than of undeveloped land in New York' ...
(1796–1867) and Catherine (
née Griswold) Lorillard. Among his large family were siblings,
Pierre Lorillard IV
Pierre J. Lorillard IV (October 13, 1833 – July 7, 1901) was an American tobacco manufacturer and Thoroughbred race horse owner.
Early life
Born in Westchester, New York, he was the son of Pierre Lorillard III (1796–1867) and Catherine Gri ...
;
Catherine Lorillard,
wife of
James Powell Kernochan;
Jacob Lorillard;
Mary Lorillard,
wife of Henry Isaac Barbey;
George Lyndes Lorillard,
and
Eva Lorillard,
wife of
Lawrence Kip
Lawrence Kip (September 17, 1836 – November 17, 1899) was an American soldier, author, and sportsman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.
Early life
Kip was born on September 17, 1836 in Morristown, New Jersey. He was t ...
.
His paternal grandparents were
Pierre Lorillard II
Pierre Abraham Lorillard II or Peter Abraham Lorillard II (September 7, 1764 – May 23, 1843), also known as Peter Lorillard, Jr., was an American tobacco manufacturer, industrialist, banker, businessman, and real estate tycoon.
Early life
Lo ...
and Maria Dorothea (née Schultz) Lorillard. In 1760, his great-grandfather founded
P. Lorillard and Company in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
to process tobacco, cigars, and snuff which, today, is the oldest tobacco company in the U.S. His mother's family owned "the great New York mercantile house of N. L. & G. Griswold, known to their rivals as "No Loss and Great Gain Griswold," importers of rum, sugar, and tea."
Career
Upon his father's death in 1867, eighteen year old Louis, and his siblings, inherited a large fortune and was "regarded as one of the wealthiest young men in New York."
Like his brothers, he was an "ardent sportsman, and his fancies in this direction seemed to turn especially to yachting. His first yacht, the ''Eva''" was named after his younger sister. He later owned ''The Wanderer'', a larger and faster yacht that was the "most up-to-date type of keel ocean-going schooner."
He 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
Knickerbocker Club
The Knickerbocker Club (known informally as The Knick) is a gentlemen's club in New York City that was founded in 1871. It is considered to be the most exclusive club in the United States and one of the most aristocratic gentlemen's clubs in th ...
, and the
Newport Reading Club.
In 1896, Lorillard sold his
Vinland Estate
Vinland Estate was built at Ochre Point, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in 1882 for tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe by Peabody & Stearns. The Romanesque Revival style exterior consists of red sandstone with Aesthetic Movement st ...
at Ochre Point in
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and northeast of New Yor ...
to
Hamilton McKown Twombly
Hamilton McKown Twombly Sr. (August 11, 1849 – January 11, 1910) was an American businessman.
Early life
Hamilton McKown Twombly Sr. was born on August 11, 1849 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and grew up in Boston. His parents were Alexand ...
and his wife,
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly
Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (January 8, 1854 – April 11, 1952) was an American socialite and heiress. She was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family. She and her husband Hamilton McKown Twombly built Florham, a gilded age estate in M ...
. He had inherited Vinland, which was built in 1882 by
Peabody & Stearns
Peabody & Stearns was a premier architectural firm in the Eastern United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the firm consisted of Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917) and John Goddard Stearns ...
, from his aunt,
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (8 March 1828 – 4 April 1887) was an American philanthropist and art collector. Though she gave large amounts of money to institutions such as Grace Episcopal Church and Union College, her most significant gifts wer ...
.
Personal life
In 1874, Lorillard was married to Katherine Livingston Beeckman (1855–1941), sister of
Rhode Island Governor Robert Livingston Beeckman
Robert Livingston Beeckman (April 15, 1866 – January 21, 1935) was an American stockbroker, sportsman, and politician who served as the 52nd Governor of Rhode Island.
Early life
Beeckman was born on April 15, 1866 in New York City, New York. ...
.
Together, they were the parents of four sons and a daughter:
* Louis Lasher Lorillard Jr. (1875–1938),
who married Edith Norman Hunter in 1914.
** Louis Livingston Lorillard (1919-1987) who while married to
Elaine Lorillard
Elaine Guthrie Lorillard (October 11, 1914 – November 26, 2007) was an American socialite who founded the Newport Jazz Festival with her husband, Louis Lorillard.
Early life
Elaine Guthrie was born in Tremont, Maine, to Walter Edward Guth ...
cofounded the
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hir ...
with her and
George Wein
George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. .
* Mary Lorillard (1875–1878), who died young.
* George L. Lorillard, who lived in
Paris, France
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
.
* Beeckman Lorillard (1884–1923), who married Katherine Doyle.
* Harold Livingston Lorillard (1888–1889), who died in infancy.
Lorillard died at the Mercedes Hotel in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
on October 22, 1910.
He was buried at Saint Marys Episcopal Churchyard in
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Portsmouth is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 17,871 at the 2020 U.S. census. Portsmouth is the second-oldest municipality in Rhode Island, after Providence; it was one of the four colonies which merged ...
. In his will, his wife received one-fifth of the income from the estate he inherited from his father, but only one-tenth if she remarried, with the remainder of the estate split between his living sons.
References
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1849 births
1910 deaths
Lorillard family