Francis Ralph Delano, born September 6, 1842 - died April 6, 1892, was an American banker and a member of the prominent Delano family. Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The progenitor of the Delano family in the Americas was Philippe de Lannoy whose family name was anglicized to Delano
Early life and education
Born in Lockport, New York, Francis Delano studied at Kimball Union Academy (in Meriden, New Hampshire), Dartmouth College and Hobart College before graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1865. Lockport is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. Kimball Union Academy is a private boarding school located in New Hampshire. Meriden is a village in the eastern part of the town of Plainfield in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford Connecticut.
Career
Choosing a career in law, Delano attended Harvard Law School and received a degree in 1868 after which he was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. In 1870, he moved to Niagara Falls, New York where he entered the banking business. Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. There, he met and married Elizabeth Gant, with whom he had a daughter.
Banking interests
Francis Delano acquired a one-third interest in the Cataract Bank in Niagara Falls and in 1883 was made President of the bank. His success in banking led to sizable investments in numerous other companies, becoming a director of the International Hotel Company and President of the Merchants' Gargling Oil Company of Lockport, New York. In Niagara Falls, he was Treasurer of the Pettebone Paper Company, the Niagara Falls Brewing Company, and the Niagara Falls Water-Works Company.
Francis R. Delano died at the age of forty-nine in 1892 in Jacksonville, Florida.
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