Edward Francis Hutton (September 7, 1875, New York City - July 11, 1962, Westbury, Long Island, New York) was an American financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of New York Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Westbury is a Village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the E F Hutton & Co was an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904 by Edward Francis Hutton, his brother Franklyn Laws Hutton, and
Edward Hutton was born to James Laws Hutton, who left an Ohio farm to work in New York City. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads James died at the age of 37 when Hutton was only ten years old, leaving Edward to be raised by his mother. As a schoolboy, Hutton attended the New York Latin School before transferring to P. S. 69. During his adolescence, he worked in a gear factory at age fifteen and then two years later in the mailroom of a securities firm. He completed his studies by taking classes at Trinity Chapel High School and Packer's Business College.
He married his first wife Blanche Horton (b. Dec. 6 1884) on October 9, 1900. Blanche was the daughter of investment banker Henry Lawrence Horton. They had one son named Halcourt Horton Hutton, who was born in New York City on May 7, 1902. Blanche died in December, 18, 1917 in the [[Influenza epidemic]. Their son Halcourt was killed in a horse riding accident on Long Island on September 25, 1920.
His second wife was General Foods heiress, Marjorie Merriweather Post, whom he married in 1920. General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the USA by Charles William Post ( October 26, 1854 - Marjorie Merriweather Post aka Marjorie Merriweather Post Close Hutton Davies May ( March 15 1887 – September 12 1973) was a leading Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar During their marriage (which ended in divorce in 1935) they built several famous houses including Hillwood a Tudor revival style mansion on Long Islands North shore, Mar-A-Lago (now owned by Donald Trump and operated as the Mar-a-Lago Club) in Palm Beach, Florida, and the largest privately owned sea-going yacht of the era, the "Hussar IV", which is best known as the Sea Cloud. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mar-A-Lago ( "mahr-ah-lahgo") built 1924-1927 is the name of the Marjorie Merriweather Post estate in Palm Beach Florida. Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American Business magnate, Socialite, Television personality, and Palm Beach is an upscale Incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Their only child, actress Dina Merrill (born Nedenia Marjorie Hutton) for years served as the only female director on the board of the E. Dina Merrill (born December 9, 1925) is an American Actress and Socialite. F. Hutton & Co. her father founded in 1914. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Huttons divorced in 1935 after evidence of Hutton's affairs with other women became known to Marjorie.
In February 1936 he married twenty eight year old Dorothy Dear Metzger, who had just divorced her husband, Homer, the previous October. Dorothy originally met E. F. through Marjorie's daughter Adelaide. Adelaide had invited Dorothy and Homer to spend a weekend with her and other friends at the Hutton's Long Island estate, Hillwood. Dorothy and Homer P. Metzger had one daughter, Nancy Joan Metzger, who was born in 1927. They had resided in South Orange, New Jersey. South Orange Village is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Also in 1937, Homer remarried to Catherine Dale Owen, the movie actress. Catherine Dale Owen ( July 28, 1900 - September 7, 1965) was an American stage and They had one son, Robert Owen Metzger, and they resided in New York City.
In 1963 Dorothy sold the couples Old Westbury estate Hutfield to Long Island University. In 1950 Long Island University purchased Marjorie's Hillwood estate and created the C. W. Post College. Today Hutfield is the Fine Arts Center of the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University. On March 3, 1973, Dorothy married Viscount Weir, the Scottish industrialist, in Scotland.
Hutton's younger brother, Franklyn Laws Hutton (1877-1940), married Edna Woolworth, the dime store heiress and was the father of Barbara Hutton. A variety store or price-point retailer is a Retail store that sells inexpensive items usually with a single Price point for all items in the } Barbara Woolworth Hutton ( November 14, 1912 – May 11, 1979) was an American Socialite dubbed by the media as the "Poor Little
References
- "Edward F. Hutton, Financier, 86, Dies" (July 12, 1962). New York Times, p. 29.
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