William Bayard Cutting, Esq. (1850–1912), a member of New York's merchant aristocracy, was an attorney, financier, real estate developer, sugar beet refiner and philanthropist. He was born to Fulton Cutting (1816–1875) and Elise Justine Bayard (1832–1852). He was trained at Columbia College, as a lawyer, in which capacity he assisted his grandfather, Robert Bayard, in the management of his railroad company. Cutting and his brother, Fulton, started the sugar beet industry in the United States in 1888. He was a builder of railroads, operated the ferries of New York City, and developed part of the south Brooklyn waterfront, Red Hook. He was an outdoorsman and a gardener of great ability. His grandfather, Robert Cutting, was Robert Fulton's partner[1] in the ferry from Brooklyn to New York, and Bayard Cutting continued to operate the ferry system of New York City and the city of Brooklyn.
On April 26, 1877, he married Olivia Peyton Murray (1855–1949), the daughter of Bronson Murray of Murray Hill, New York. They had four children:
- William Bayard Cutting (1878–1910), secretary to the US embassy to the Court of St. James's. He married 30 April 1901, Lady Sybil Marjorie Cuffe, daughter of Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart and Lady Margaret Joan Lascelles.[2] She was the mother of Iris Origo, the Marchesa Origo, the author of many books.
- Justine Bayard Cutting (Ward) (1879–1975) She married George Cabot Ward in 1901. She developed the Ward Method of music education as a way to teach sight-singing to children in Catholic schools in order to promote Gregorian chant.
- Bronson Murray Cutting, (1888–1935)[3] U.S. senator from New Mexico who was killed in an airplane crash. Biography: Richard Lowitt, Bronson M. Cutting: Progressive Politician
- Olivia M. Cutting (James) (1892–1949) She married Henry James, son of psychologist William James, in 1917.
His Long Island estate along the east bank of the Connetquot River, purchased from George L. Lorillard in 1884, and the country house called "Westbrook" which he built there, are now the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.[4]
Notes [link]
- ^ Cutting and Fulton were brothers-in-law who had married Livingston sisters.[citation needed]
- ^ The Peerage.com
- ^ Cutting, Bronson Murray, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Wealthy New York Businessmen Tid-bits, The History Box
External links [link]
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William Bayard
William Bayard (21 August 1814 – 17 December 1907) was a distinguished physician in New Brunswick. He was the son of Dr. Robert Bayard, also a noted physician and author.
Bayard received his medical training in New York State and at the University of Edinburgh He received his MD in 1837. He then practiced medicine with his father in Saint John, New Brunswick and continued the practice after his father's death. He was the coroner of that city for 30 years.
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Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a 691-acre (2.80 km2) state park located in the hamlet of Great River, New York, on Long Island. The park includes an arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for William Bayard Cutting in 1887, as well as a mansion designed by Charles C. Haight.
The house at the heart of the park, Westbrook, is modeled on an English country house. Both the house and property were given to the people of Long Island by Bayard Cutting's widow and daughter "to provide an oasis of beauty and quiet for the pleasure, rest, and refreshment of those who delight in outdoor beauty; and to bring about a greater appreciation and understanding of the value and importance of informal planting".
The park has a nature trail and recreational programs, and there is a food and a gift shop at Westbrook.
History
Charles Sprague Sargent, director of the Arnold Arboretum advised in developing the extensive conifer collection north of the carriage house. Some of the most mature planting was damaged in Hurricane Gloria in 1985.
