Henry Hilton

He became best known for the so-called "Hilton-Seligman Affair" in 1877, his refusal to admit financier Joseph Seligman to the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York (no relation to Hilton Hotels & Resorts), reportedly because Seligman was Jewish, but also possibly because of a personal feud.

[1] Hilton was born in Newburgh, New York on October 4, 1824,[2] the youngest son of a Scottish immigrant.

In 1879 Hilton bought an estate named "Woodlawn" in Saratoga Springs from Henry Walton.

The estate, which Hilton renamed "Woodlawn Park", comprised 1,500 acres (610 ha) of woods and meadows.

[5] Hilton improved the property, laying out 25 miles (40 km) of graveled carriage roads, a great mansion, stables, barns, gardens, lakes, a club house, a ballroom, and an athletic field.

In May 1871, workers broke into the workshop of British artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins in Central Park.