Matthew Astor Wilks (March 3, 1844 – July 9, 1926)[1] was an American clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.

He spent part of his year in Galt, Ontario, in Canada, where his father had a 1,000 acre estate known as Cruickston Park and mansion designed by Detlef Lienau.

[6] Through his mother, Wilks was great-grandson of America's first millionaire John Jacob Astor, the fur trader and real estate magnate.

[3] Wilks, who inherited several million dollars from his family, began buying up property in lower Manhattan in 1876.

[17] She was the only daughter of financier Hetty Howland Robinson, known as "the world's richest woman," and Edward Henry Green.