C. Temple Emmet

Not to be confused with Christopher Temple Emmet.

Christopher Temple Emmet (July 8, 1868 – July 22, 1957) was an American attorney and sportsman.

C. Temple Emmet
Born	Christopher Temple Emmet (1868-07-08)July 8, 1868 Pelham, New York, U.S.
Died	July 22, 1957(1957-07-22) (aged 89) Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
Education	Bishop's College School
Alma mater	Yale Forestry School Stevens Institute of Technology
Spouse	Alida Beekman Chanler ​ ​ (m. 1896)​
Children	9
Parent(s)	William Jenkins Emmet Julia Pierson Emmet
Relatives	Robert Temple Emmet (brother) Rosina Emmet Sherwood (sister) William LeRoy Emmet (brother) Devereux Emmet (brother) Lydia Field Emmet (sister) Jane Emmet de Glehn (sister) Richard S. Emmet Jr. (uncle) Edwin D. Morgan III (grandson)

Early life

 

Coat of Arms of C. Temple Emmet

Emmet was born on July 8, 1868, in Pelham, New York. He was one of ten children born to William Jenkins Emmet (1826–1905) and Julia Colt (née Pierson) Emmet (1829–1908). His siblings included Robert Temple Emmet,^[1] who was awarded the Medal of Honor;^[2] Rosina Hubley Emmet, a painter who was the mother of playwright Robert E. Sherwood;^[3] William LeRoy Emmet, an electrical engineer;^[4] Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect;^[5] Richard Stockton Emmet; Lydia Field Emmet, a prominent portraitist;^[6] and Jane Erin Emmet,^[7] also a prominent portraitist who married British impressionist painter Wilfrid de Glehn.^[8]

His maternal grandparents were Josiah Gilbert Pierson and Julia Boudinot (née Colt) Pierson and his paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Emmet and Rosina (née Hubley) Emmet.^[9] His father was a grandson of New York Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet. Two of his uncles, Richard Stockton Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet, were married to sisters, Katharine "Kitty" Temple and Ellen James "Bay" Temple, both first cousins of British author Henry James.^[10]

After preparing at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec, and Stevens High School,^[9] Emmet attended the Yale Forestry School and the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he graduated from with a M.E. degree in 1891.^[11]

Career

After taking a law degree, he practiced law for a short period of time before travelling to Europe, later spending much of his time there. He served during the Spanish–American War, and during World War I, he was a Red Cross official and training officer. He was also a member of Squadron A of the New York National Guard.^[11]

At a time when skiing was relatively unknown in the United States, Emmet was one of the first Americans to go skiing in Norway and Switzerland. He was also one of the first members of the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City,^[11] and the Academy of Sciences, the American Geographical Society, the National Geographic Society, the New York Zoological Society, the American Museum of Natural History, the American Forestry Association, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Audubon Society, the Knickerbocker Club, the St. Anthony Club of New York, the Tobique Salmon Club, and the Ore Hill Shooting Club.^[9]

Residence

The Emmets lived at The Mallows, an estate located in Stony Brook, New York, at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The Colonial revival home was designed in 1906 by architect Charles A. Platt, finished in stucco with wooden detailing at the principal doorways, roof cornice and porch.^[12] At the Mallows, he "engaged in farming."^[9]

Personal life

On October 27, 1896, Emmet was married to Alida Beekman Chanler (1873–1969) at Red Hook, New York, by the Bishop of New York.^[13] Alida was the daughter of former U.S. Representative John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (née Ward) Chanler. Among Alida's siblings were John Armstrong Chaloner,^[14] Winthrop Astor Chanler; Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler (wife of John Jay Chapman); William Astor Chanler (who married Beatrice Ashley); Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (who married Julia Lynch Olin); Margaret Livingston Chanler (who married Richard Aldrich)^[15] and Robert Winthrop Chanler (who married Lina Cavalieri).^[16] Together, they were the parents of nine children, including:^[9]

• Elizabeth Winthrop Emmet (1897–1934),^[17] who married Edwin D. Morgan Jr. (1890–1954), a descendant of Edwin D. Morgan, the 21st Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee.^[18]
• Margaret Chanler Emmet (1899–c. 1970), who married Francis Harrison Kinnicutt (1875–1939).^[19] After his death, she married John Benton Prosser in 1941.^[20]
• Christopher Temple Emmet Jr. (1900–1974)^[21]
• Hester Alida Emmet (1901–1965),^[22] who married architect John Louis Bancel LaFarge,^[23] a grandson of artist John La Farge.^[24][25]
• Egerton Chanler Emmet (1907–1907), who died in infancy.^[9]
• Jane Erin Emmet (1908–1997)
• Winthrop Stuyvesant Emmet (1910–2001), who married four times.^[26]
• William Patten Emmet (1911–1977)
• Thomas Addis Emmet (1915–1990), who lived at Amberley Castle in Sussex, England.^[17]

Emmet died on July 22, 1957, at his home in Stony Brook overlooking the Long Island Sound.^[11] His widow died on August 31, 1969, and after a mass at St. Philip and James Roman Catholic Church, she was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Hauppauge, New York.^[27]

Descendants

Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Edwin D. Morgan III (1921–2001),^[28] who married Nancy Marie Whitney, the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Marie Norton Harriman (the second wife of New York governor W. Averell Harriman). Her paternal grandparents were Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, an artist and the founder of the Whitney Museum in New York City.^[29]

References

1. "COL. R. T. EMMET, 81, DIES OF PNEUMONIA; Honored With Congressional Medal for His Services in Indian Wars. WAS KIN OF IRISH PATRIOT Uncle of Robert E. Sherwood, Playwright, and Father of Naval Officer" (PDF). The New York Times. 26 October 1936. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
2. "Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet" (PDF). The New York Times. February 28, 1920. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
3. Corn, Wanda M.; Garfinkle, Charlene G.; Madsen, Annelise K. (2011). Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. University of California Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780520241114. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. "W. L. EMMET, 82, ENGINEER, IS DEAD; Inventor of Own 'Prime Mover' and Mercury Vapor Power Process Stricken in Erie" (PDF). The New York Times. 27 September 1941. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
5. "DEVEREUX EMMET, REALTY MAN, DIES; Irish Patriot's Kin Was Noted as Designer and Builder of Near-By Golf Courses. OF DISTINGUISHED FAMILY Vice President of Concern That Developed Large Tracts in Garden City, L. I." (PDF). The New York Times. 31 December 1934. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
6. Kennedy, Martha H. (2018). Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists. University Press of Mississippi. p. 458. ISBN 9781496815934. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
7. "JANE DE GLEHN IS DEAD; Painter, 87, Was the Widow of English Portraitist" (PDF). The New York Times. 21 February 1961. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
8. "Wilfrid G. De Glehn" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 May 1951. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
9. Forestry, Yale University Dept of; Forestry, Yale University School of (1913). Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Forest School: With Introductory Papers on Yale in the Forestry Movement and the History of the Yale Forest School. Yale Forest School. p. 39. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
10. James, Henry (2018). The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 9781496206435. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
11. "C. Temple Emmet, Skier, Lawyer, 89" (PDF). The New York Times. 25 July 1957. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
12. Kathleen LaFrank (July 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Mallows". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying four photos".
13. "MARRIED. EMMET-CHANLER" (PDF). The New York Times. October 28, 1896. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
14. Lucey, Donna M. (2007). Archie and Amélie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 9780307351456. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
15. . Archived from the original on 2016-03-12. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
16. "R. W. Chanler Dead. Eminent As Artist. Picturesque Figure in Life of the Metropolis Succumbs at Country Home at 57. Came of a Noted Family. Former Husband of Lina Cavalieri. Had Once Been Dutchess County Sheriff. Famed for His Murals. Of Distinguished Ancestry. Mural in Luxembourg Museum. Entertained on Large Scale". New York Times. Associated Press. October 25, 1930. Retrieved 2013-12-12. Robert Winthrop Chanler, noted artist, died at 1:30 this morning after a long illness. Mr. Chanler had been in a coma for twelve hours.....
17. "MRS. E. D. ORGAH OF WESTBURY DIES; Descend ant of Thorn as Emmet, Irish Patriot, and First John Jacob Astor, ,WAS A PORTRAIT PAINTER Yier Work Was Exhibited in a Gallery Here -- She Was a Member of Colony Club" (PDF). The New York Times. 9 February 1934. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
18. "MISS EMMET WEDS E.D. MORGAN JR.; Large Bridal Party in St. Bartholomew's at Nuptial of C.T. Emmet's Daughter.MISS FANNY FORD A BRIDEMarried to Thomas S. Thomas inChurch of Transfiguration--Miss Elena Peck Weds L.H. Earle. Thomas-Ford. Earle-Peck. MacPherson-Gray. Remsen--Sherman" (PDF). The New York Times. 15 February 1920. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
19. "MISS EMMET WED TO F.H. KINNICUTT; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Temple Emmet Is Married in St. James's Church, St. James, L.I. SISTER IS ONLY ATTENDANT Reception Is Held at Emmet Home In Stony Brook--Bride Is Kin of John Jacob Astor" (PDF). The New York Times. August 23, 1931. p. N5. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
20. "MRS. F.H. KINNICUTT BECOMES A BRIDE; Widow, Daughter of C. Temple Emmets, Is Married Here to John Benton Prosser" (PDF). The New York Times. 12 August 1941. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
21. "Christopher T. Emmet Is Dead; Writer on Totalitarianism, 73" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 February 1974. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
22. "Obituary 1 -- No Title". The New York Times. March 19, 1965. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
23. Aldrich, Margaret Chanler (2018). Family Vista: The Memoirs of Margaret Chanler Aldrich. Pickle Partners Publishing. p. 352. ISBN 9781789127676. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
24. "HESTER A. EMMET ENGAGED TO MARRY; Descendant of John Jacob Astor to Wed Louis B. La Farge, Architect, This Month" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 July 1928. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
25. "HESTER EMMET WED TO LOUIS B. LA FARGE; The Bride of Architect at Summer Home of Her Parentsin Stony Brook, L.I.EVELYN DOTZLER MARRIES Alderman's Daughter Wed to Lieut.Joseph George Felber, U.S.A. --Other Marriages. Felber--Dotzler. Scott--Rothschild. Levine--Green" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 July 1928. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
26. "MRS. EVELYN C. HITT WED TO NAVY OFFICER; Becomes Bride in Greenwich of Lieut. Winthrop S. Emmet" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 March 1943. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
27. "Deaths. EMMET--Mrs. C. Temple" (PDF). The New York Times. 2 September 1969. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
28. Staff (July 3, 2001). "Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befriended Writers in Paris". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
29. "Quiet Whitney Wedding" (PDF). The New York Times. March 2, 1923. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

External links

• C. Temple Emmet at Find a Grave