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George Henry Warren II
George Henry Warren II (October 17, 1855 – June 3, 1943) was a New York City stockbroker and real estate developer.[1] Early lifeGeorge Henry Warren II was born in Troy, New York, to George Henry Warren[2][3] and Mary Caroline Phoenix,[4] the sister of Lloyd Phoenix and daughter of U.S. Representative Jonas Phillips Phoenix, who were married on April 29, 1851, in New York City.[5] G. H. Warren II had nine brothers and sisters, all born from the same father and mother, including: Mary Ida Warren, Harriette Louise Warren, Emeline Whitney Dore Warren, Whitney Phoenix Warren, Edmund Warren, Anna Phoenix Warren, a twin who died young, Whitney Warren, a twin who became a prominent architect, Edith Caroline Warren, and Lloyd Eliot Warren, also an architect.[5] Warren graduated from Columbia University in 1880 and then Columbia Law School.[1] CareerAfter graduating from Law School, Warren decided not to practice law, instead he went into business in the 1890s as a stockbroker on the New York Stock Exchange with Thomas Fortune Ryan, founding the firm of Lee, Ryan & Warren.[1] Later, Warren became a real estate developer, founding the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company that owned the Metropolitan Opera then located at 1411 Broadway and West 39th Street.[1] He was a director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company (which began as the Camden & Amboy Railroad) as well as the Metropolitan Trust Company.[1] Personal lifeOn May 14, 1885, Warren was married to Georgia "Daisy" Williams in New York City. They lived in New York City and in Newport, Rhode Island.[5] Together, they were the parents of Constance Whitney Warren, a sculptor who married Count Guy de Lasteyrie,[6][7] and George Henry Warren III, a member of the New York Stock Exchange who married Katherine Urquhart, founder and president of the Preservation Society of Newport County.[8][9] Warren died at his home, 924 Fifth Avenue in New York City, on June 3, 1943.[1] References
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