Walter Rathbone Bacon

Walter Rathbone Bacon (February 22, 1845 - November 14, 1917) was an American capitalist who organised a system of tramways in Europe.

[2][3][4][5][6][7] In 1882, in Bordeaux, France, Bacon married Virginia Purdy Barker, the youngest granddaughter of business magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt.

[8] Bacon and his wife spent most of their time abroad, particularly in London and at Netherdale Estate, their Manor house in Turriff, Scotland.

However, after the outbreak of World War I travel to Europe became more difficult and the Bacons remained in New York.

[15] In 1911, Virginia established the Walter Rathbone Bacon Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution in memory of her husband.