Ogden Mills (financier)

Ogden Mills (December 18, 1856 – January 29, 1929) was an American financier and Thoroughbred racehorse owner.

[3] As a result of his father's many corporate investments, Ogden Mills served on the Board of Directors of a number of companies including the New York Central Railroad.

[5] On his death in 1929, Ogden Mills left to his daughter Beatrice, a resident of London, England, married to Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, his French racing stable and a home at 73 Rue de Varenne in Paris.

Together, Ogden and Ruth had three children, twin daughters and a son: Mills' wife inherited the Livingston mansion in Staatsburg, New York, which the couple used as a summer home and where they raised horses.

[1] Ogden Mills was buried with his wife at the mausoleum in St. James's Cemetery in Hyde Park, New York.

Portrait of Ogden's wife, Ruth Livingston Mills , by François Flameng [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
The Livingston mansion , the country home of the Mills family.