Lawrence Kip (September 17, 1836 – November 17, 1899)[1] was an American soldier, author, and sportsman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.
[5] Following his graduation from West Point, he was commissioned a Second lieutenant, Third Artillery in June 1857 and became part of the expedition under General Wright against the northern Indians.
Shortly thereafter, he resigned to join the staff of General Edwin Vose Sumner's as senior aide-de-camp, achieving the rank of Major.
He was a part of the Army of the Potomac which saw action in the Battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, Savage's Station, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg (all of which took place in 1862), and Mine Run which lasted from November 1863 until December 1863.
Six months later, he again joined the Army of the Potomac and was assigned to the staff of Brevet Major General Robert O. Tyler, as Inspector of the Artillery Reserve, taking part in the Battle of Rappahanock Station.
[5] Her grandfather, Pierre Lorillard II,[13] was a tobacco manufacturer and real estate tycoon, for whom the term "millionaire" was first used in America for his father's obituary in 1843.
[27] Together, Eva and Lawrence were the parents of: Kip died on November 17, 1899, at his residence, 452 Fifth Avenue, in New York City after having been ill for nearly three weeks from "stomach trouble.