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George Beach de Forest Jr.
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'''George Beach de Forest Jr.''' (October 15, 1848 – July 1932) was an American [[capitalist]], [[bibliophile]], and [[art collector]] who was prominent in New York society during the [[Gilded Age]].<ref name="Leonard1907"/>
==Early life==
De Forest was born in [[New York City]] on October 15, 1848. He was the son of prominent merchant George Beach de Forest Sr. (1806–1865) and Margaret Eliza de Forest (1809–1860).<ref name="DeForest1914"/> His older brother was Benjamin Lockwood de Forest, who married Kate Louise Knapp, and his cousins included railroad executive [[Henry deForest]] and artist [[Lockwood de Forest]].<ref name="DeForest1914">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He was the grandson of Benjamin and Mary ([[née]] Burlock) de Forest and the great-grandson of Elihu de Forest, who was a Lieutenant in the [[Connecticut in the American Revolution|16th Connecticut militia]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name="SAR1902">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Career==
De Forest was a graduate of [[Columbia University]] in 1871.<ref name="Leonard1907">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> His father and family were involved in the dry goods business trade, between the U.S. and the [[West Indies]],<ref name="Quarantine1846">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> with the firm of B. DeForest & Co.<ref name="Scoville1866">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Brown1917"></ref>
He was a sportsman and noted book collector (selling his library of rare volumes for $300,000 in 1907).<ref name="MrsNYTObit1932"/> Before he retired, he was involved in banking and brokerage services with [[James Gordon Bennett Jr.]], [[J. Pierpont Morgan]], Seth B. French, [[William K. Vanderbilt]] and [[Edward Julius Berwind]].<ref name="GBdFObit1932Newport"/>
===Society life===
Both de Forest and his wife were prominent in New York and Newport society.<ref name="MrsNYTObit1932"/><ref name="Patterson2000">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 1892, George and his wife Anita were included in [[Ward McAllister]]'s [[Ward McAllister#"The Four Hundred"|"Four Hundred"]], purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name="McAllister1892"> WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE.|url=https://ift.tt/2HbLfnj March 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 February 1892|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Patterson2000"/> Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.<ref name="Keister2005">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The de Forests were known for their extensive entertaining at their cottage in [[Newport, Rhode Island]] (Train villa near [[Bailey's Beach]]) and their townhouse in New York City.<ref name="AHdFObit1932"/>
De Forest was a member of the [[Metropolitan Club]], the [[Union Club of the City of New York]], the [[Union League Club]], the [[The Players (New York City)|Players Club]], the [[Century Association]], the [[Grolier Club]], the [[Racquet and Tennis Club]], the [[Knickerbocker Club]] and the [[New York Yacht Club]].<ref name="Leonard1907"/>
==Personal life==
On December 4, 1882,<ref name="1882Wedding">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> de Forest was married to [[Anita Hargous de Forest|Anita Hargous]] (d. 1932)<ref name="MrsNYTObit1932"> Wife of Sportsman and Book Collector Was Once Social Leader |url=https://ift.tt/2slt0Y7 |accessdate=1 June 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 May 1932}}</ref><ref name="AHdFObit1932">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> at [[St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. Bartholomew's Church]] in Manhattan.<ref name="1882Wedding"/> Anita was the second daughter of Louis Stanislaus Hargous, who resided at 435 [[Fifth Avenue]],<ref name="1882Wedding"/> and Susan Jeanette ([[née]] Gallagher) Hargous,<ref name="DAR1895">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and the sister of Robert L. Hargous<ref name="RLHObit1905">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> and Sallie Hargous, who married [[Woodbury Kane]].<ref name="WKwedding1905">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> She was born in [[Mexico City]] and her grandfather,<ref name="DAR1908">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Jean Illion Hargous (who resided in [[Bayonne, France]] and [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]),<ref name="DAR1908"/> was a captain in command of the French ship ''Jason'' during the [[American Revolutionary War]] under Count [[François Joseph Paul de Grasse|François de Grasse]].<ref name="DAR1895"/> They resided at 14 [[50th Street (Manhattan)|East 50th Street]] in New York City.<ref name="Leonard1907"/> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="VanPelt1898">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* Louis Stanislas Hargous de Forest (d. 1907),<ref name="DeForest1914"/> who died unexpectantly of heart failure at the age of 23.<ref name="LSDFObit1907"></ref>
After the death of their only child in 1907, the de Forests sold their New York City home and traveled abroad for several years. Upon their return to New York in 1917, they resided at the [[Drake Hotel (New York City)|Drake Hotel]], located at [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] and [[56th Street (Manhattan)|56th Street]].<ref name="AHdFObit1932"/> George died at the Drake Hotel in New York on July 1932.<ref name="GBdFObit1932Newport"></ref> After their deaths, they were buried in the Hargous Mausoleum at [[Trinity Church Cemetery]] in Manhattan.<ref name="AHdFObit1932"/>
==References==
[[Category:1848 births]]
[[Category:1932 deaths]]
[[Category:Columbia University alumni]]
[[Category:People included in New York Society's Four Hundred]]
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