Richard Mortimer

Richard Mortimer (April 24, 1852 – March 15, 1918)[1] was an American real estate investor and society leader during the Gilded Age.

His paternal grandparents were Richard Mortimer and Harriett Cordelia Thompson;[6] Richard Mortimer was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire and emigrated to America in 1816, eventually becoming a wealthy merchant.

Mortimer and completed in 1885,[8] which building was acquired by the New York Stock Exchange for $745,000 in December 1918.

"[15] Along with the Lorillards, the Mortimers were one of the founding families of Tuxedo Park, New York.

[22] His uncle was John Jay Chapman (husband to Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler),[23][24] Together, they had a townhouse at 382 Fifth Avenue and had the following children.

His entire estate was left to his widow, Eleanor,[35] who died at her home, 555 Park Avenue, after several months illness, in December 1929.