Rutherfurd Stuyvesant
| Rutherfurd Stuyvesant | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Stuyvesant Rutherfurd September 2, 1843 |
| Died | July 4, 1909 (aged 65) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | Columbia College (1863) |
| Spouse(s) |
Mary Pierrepont (m. 1863; her death 1879) Countess de Wassanaer (m. 1902; his death 1909) |
| Children | Lewis Rutherfurd Stuyvesant Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant |
| Parent(s) |
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant |
| Relatives |
Winthrop Rutherfurd (brother) John Winthrop Chanler (uncle) Henry White (brother-in-law) Anne Harriman Vanderbilt (sister-in-law) |
Rutherfurd Stuyvesant or Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (September 2, 1843 – July 4, 1909) was an American socialite and land developer from New York, best known as the inheritor of the Stuyvesant fortune.
Rutherfurd was born on September 2, 1843. He was the oldest of seven children born to Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892) and Margaret Chanler Stuyvesant (1820–1890). His younger siblings included Louisa Morris Rutherfurd (1855–1892), Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherfurd (1853-1916), who was married to Henry White, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd, Jr. (1859–1901), who was married to Anne Harriman Vanderbilt (1861–1940), and Winthrop Rutherfurd (1886-1944), who was married to Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, a mistress of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
His paternal grandparents were Robert Walter Rutherfurd (1788–1852) and Sabina Morris (1789–1857) of Morrisania. He was the great-grandson of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd and 2x great-grandson of Lewis Morris, the Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rutherfurd was a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch Director-General of New Netherland before it became New York, as well as John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts. His mother's siblings included Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (1824–1904) and John Winthrop Chanler (1826–1877). Among his cousins was U.S. Representative William Astor Chanler.
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