Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen

Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (September 15, 1882 – March 11, 1959) was an American lawyer and banker.^[1] He practiced law in New York and New Jersey and later served as a director of the Howard Savings Institution of Newark, New Jersey, and the Morristown Trust Company.

Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen
Born	Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (1882-09-15)September 15, 1882 Morris Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	March 11, 1959(1959-03-11) (aged 76) Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
Education	Morristown School
Alma mater	Princeton University Columbia Law School
Spouse	Adaline Havemeyer ​ ​ (m. 1907)​
Children	4, including Peter Jr.
Parent(s)	George Griswold Frelinghuysen Sara Linen Ballantine
Relatives	Peter Ballantine (great-grandfather)
Family	Frelinghuysen

Early life

Frelinghuysen (pronounced FREE-ling-high-zen)^[2] was born on September 15, 1882, in the Littleton section of Morris Plains, New Jersey. He was the son of George Griswold Frelinghuysen, from Dutch descent,^[3] and the former Sara Linen Ballantine (1858–1940).^[4] He had one sibling, Matilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen, who did not marry.^[1]

His maternal grandfather was Peter Hood Ballantine and his great-grandfather was Peter Ballantine, the prominent New Jersey brewer who founded Ballantine Brewery in Newark.^[5] His paternal grandparents were Matilda Elizabeth (née Griswold) Frelinghuysen and Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, a lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator and later as Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.^[6] Among his large extended family was aunt Matilda Griswold Frelinghuysen,^[7] (wife of Henry Winthrop Gray),^[8][9][10] Charlotte Louisa Frelinghuysen;^[11] uncle Frederick Frelinghuysen,^[12][a] uncle Theodore Frelinghuysen; and aunt Sarah Helen Frelinghuysen,^[15] (wife of John Davis and, later, Charles L. McCawley).^[15][b]

After attending the Morristown School,^[18] he graduated from Princeton University in 1904, followed by Columbia Law School, where he was a classmate of future President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[1]

Career

After graduating from law school, Frelinghuysen was admitted to the bar and practiced law in New York and New Jersey. He later served as a director of the Howard Savings Institution of Newark, New Jersey, and the Morristown Trust Company.^[1]

For nearly half a century, he was in the cattle business and owned a "prize herd of Jersey cattle"^[1] at his Twin Oaks Farm in Morristown.^[19]

Personal life

On February 7, 1907, Frelinghuysen was married to Adaline Havemeyer (1884–1963).^[20] She was the daughter of Henry Osborne Havemeyer, president of the American Sugar Refining Company. Franklin D. Roosevelt was an usher at the wedding.^[21] Together, they were the parents of:

• Frederica Louisine Frelinghuysen (1909–1995), who married Richard High Carleton (1908–1950) in 1930.^[22] They divorced in 1936,^[23] and she married Huntington Denton Sheldon in 1938.^[24] They also divorced and she married, thirdly, James Thomas Emert (1907–1989) in 1942.^[25]
• George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1911–2004), an interior designer.^[26]
• Henry Osborn Havemeyer Frelinghuysen (1916–1994),^[27] who married Marian Kingsland, a granddaughter of George Lovett Kingsland and the former wife of Count Hans Christoph Seherr-Thoss.^[28]
• Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen II (1916–2011), a U.S. Representative who married Beatrice Sterling Procter,^[29] a descendant of a founder of Procter & Gamble,^[30] in 1940.^[2]

He served as president of the Gulf Stream Golf Club in Delray Beach, Florida, and the Morris County Golf Club.^[1]

After a long illness, Frelinghuysen died on March 11, 1959, at the Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, New Jersey.^[1] His funeral was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown.^[19] His widow, who bred miniature poodles, died in Palm Beach, Florida, in April 1963.^[20]

References

Notes

1. Through his uncle Frederick, he was the a cousin of George Griswold Frelinghuysen II, who married Anne de Smolianinof; Estelle C. "Suzy" Frelinghuysen, who married fellow painter George Lovett Kingsland Morris; Frederick Frelinghuysen; Thomas Frelinghuysen; and Theodore Frelinghuysen.^[13][14]
2. Through his aunt Sarah, he was a first cousin of Mathilda Elizabeth Frelinghuysen (née Davis) Lodge (1876–1960), who married George Cabot Lodge, parents of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985), the diplomat and United States Senator from Massachusetts.^[16][17]

Sources

1. "Peter Frelinghuysen Sr. Is Dead; Banker, Father of Congressman" (PDF). The New York Times. March 12, 1959. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
2. Fried, Joseph P. (May 23, 2011). "Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Longtime N.J. Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
3. "G.G. FRELINGHUYSEN DIES AT AGE OF 84; Son of Arthur's Secretary Of State Was Lawyer Here for Half century. KIN OF NOTED GENERAL Parent, Great-Uncle, Cousin All Served New Jersey in the United States Senate" (PDF). The New York Times. April 22, 1936. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
4. "Ballantine Frelinghuysen" (PDF). New York Times. April 27, 1881. Retrieved July 1, 2008. Trinity Church, in Newark, was crowded yesterday by one of the most brilliant wedding parties ever seen in that city. Many persons were present from New-York, and nearly every section of New-Jersey was represented in the audience of 1,200 persons.
5. Salisbury (1884). The Griswold family of Connecticut. New Haven : Press of Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. p. 150.
6. "FRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
7. "MRS. M.G.F. GRAY OF OLD FAMILY DIES; Daughter of F. T. Frelinghuysen, Once Secretary of State-Funeral Today". The New York Times. March 25, 1926. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
8. "DIED. Gray". The New York Times. October 15, 1906. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
9. Lee, Francis Bazley (1910). Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ... Lewis historical Publishing Company. p. 14. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
10. "In Bonds of Matrimony; Marriage of Mr. Gray and Miss. Frelinghuysen. a Quiet Ceremony at the Homestead of the Bride's Family". The New York Times. May 17, 1889. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
11. "Charlotte Frelinghuysen". The New York Times. July 19, 1930. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
12. "Frederick Frelinghuysen. Ex-President of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Dies". New York Times. January 2, 1924. Retrieved May 30, 2007. Frelinghuysen was President of the Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark for ... to become President of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company. ...
13. "G.G. Frelinghuysen Weds Russian Girl. Anne de Smolianinoff, Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride". New York Times. December 14, 1934. Retrieved May 30, 2007. Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride. Mrs. Vladimir N. de Smolianinof of West Seventy-fifth Street announced yesterday the ...
14. "Obtains Decree in Reno; Former Anne de Smolianinof Divorces G. G. Frelinghuysen". The New York Times. June 7, 1938. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
15. "MRS. S.H. M'CAWLEY, WASHINGTON HOSTESS; Grandmother of Senator Lodge Dies in Home at Capital". The New York Times. February 20, 1939. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
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18. "Peter B. Frelinghuysen, Sr., Father of Congressman, Dies". The Herald-News. March 12, 1959. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
19. "Peter Frelinghuysen". New York Daily News. March 12, 1959. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
20. "Mrs. Peter Frelinghuysen, Mother of Representative" (PDF). The New York Times. April 14, 1963. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
21. "ST. THOMAS'S THRONGED FOR HAVEMEYER WEDDING Miss Adaline Havemeyer and Mr. Frelinghuysen Wed Yesterday. BRIDE'S VEIL OF RARE LACE Reception After the Ceremony at the Havemeyer Home — Social News of the Day" (PDF). The New York Times. February 8, 1907. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
22. "BETROTHALS ANNOUNCED; Miss Frelinghuysen To Be Married to R.H. Carleton Jr" (PDF). The New York Times. January 26, 1930. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
23. "DIVORCES R.H. CARLETON; Former Frederica Frelinghuysen Obtains Decree in Reno" (PDF). The New York Times. December 18, 1936. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
24. "MRS. F. F. CARLETON IS WED IN FLORIDA; Daughter of the Peter H. B. Frelinghuysens Married to Huntington D. Sheldon" (PDF). The New York Times. April 3, 1938. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
25. "James Thomas Emert '29". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 1989. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
26. "Paid Notice: Deaths FRELINGHUYSEN, GEORGE GRISWOLD". The New York Times. April 27, 2004. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
27. "H. Frelinghuysen, A Philanthropist, 78". The New York Times. April 1, 1994. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
28. "Paid Notice: Deaths FRELINGHUYSEN, MARIAN KINGSLAND". The New York Times. June 27, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
29. Pace, Eric (June 5, 1996). "Beatrice P. Frelinghuysen, 77, Political Matriarch". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
30. "BEATRICE PROCTER GUEST AT DINNER; She and Her Fiance, Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen Jr., Feted by the Seherr-Thosses J.R. FORGANS ARE HOSTS Edgar L. Weekses, Joseph B. Ripley and Mrs. Arne H. Ekstrom Entertain" (PDF). The New York Times. August 1, 1940. Retrieved September 23, 2019.

External links

• Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen at Find a Grave