[16] Kingsland attended Columbia University, where he was a member of the Alpha Zeta chapter of the Chi Psi fraternity,[17] and graduated in 1856.
The property, which was not divided, was largely along the Hudson River in North Tarrytown, present day Sleepy Hollow, New York,[21] and George managed the estate for the whole family.
[22] After suffering from gout and Bright's disease, Kingsland died at his summer residence in Babylon, New York, on July 14, 1892.
Dr. Cook at his home, 430 Fifth Avenue, with singing by the boys choir of St. Bartholomew's Church, he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx.
[39][40] Count Seherr-Thoss was a nephew of John Campbell White and a cousin of Queen Geraldine, the wife of King Zog I of Albania.