Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 3, 1854 – September 8, 1931)[1] was an American banker, sportsman, and clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.
[4][5] His father, who inherited the most valuable share of his grandmother's estate, 68-72 Leonard Street, went into business as Foster & Livingston,[6] which sold Indian shawls among other goods.
[6] Livingston attended boarding school at C. D. Morris' in Lake Mohegan, New York, and then entered Yale University with the class of 1877.
[6] Due to his "being delicate", he left Yale and went to England where he attended Christ Church, Oxford University for two years.
[6] After returning to the United States, he joined the New York Stock Exchange in August 1882 and, for many years, ran a successful brokerage business.
[1] His funeral was held in Hyde Park, New York[19] and he was buried at St. James Church Cemetery.
1906); Hope Hollins (1907–1970), who was engaged to the English explorer Frank Bickerton in 1931 but broke the engagement in May before the June wedding;[22][23] Henry Bowly "Harry" Hollins (1909–1991), who first married Elizabeth Wolcott Elkins (daughter of William M. Elkins) in 1931,[24] and later married author Elizabeth Morgan Jay (1911–1991) in 1948, a descendant of Edwin D. Morgan and John Jay and the former wife of artist Stephen Etnier;[25] Jean Hollins (b.