Henry Dwight Sedgwick | |
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| Born | Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (1861-09-24)September 24, 1861 |
| Died | January 5, 1957(1957-01-05) (aged 95) |
| Resting place | Stockbridge Cemetery (Sedgwick Pie) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, author |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Theodore Sedgwick (paternal grandfather) Ellery Sedgwick (brother) Edie Sedgwick (granddaughter) Kyra Sedgwick (great-granddaughter) |
Henry Dwight Sedgwick III (September 24, 1861 – January 5, 1957) was an American lawyer and author. He was a member of the prominentSedgwick family of New England and New York.
Sedgwick was born inStockbridge, Massachusetts, the second of five children born to Henry Dwight Sedgwick II (1824–1903) and Henrietta Ellery Sedgwick (1829–1899). On his paternal grandmother's side, he was part of theNew England Dwight family.[1] His paternal great-grandfather wasTheodore Sedgwick. He had an older sister, Jane Minot (1859-1918), and three younger brothers, Theodore (1863–1951), Alexander "Aleck" (1867–1929) andEllery Sedgwick.[2]
Sedgwick graduated fromHarvard University in 1882, and studied law in Boston until 1884 when he was admitted to thebar. He practiced law inNew York City from 1885 to 1898. He was elected to theNational Institute of Arts and Letters, and was elected in 1893 as a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters, whose members were chosen from the National Institute; they have since become one entity. He also was a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston) and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
He later became an author and wrote several historical biographies onIsaac Thomas Hecker,Henry of Navarre,Alfred de Musset, andMarcus Aurelius.
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On November 8, 1895, Sedgwick married Sarah May Minturn, daughter ofRobert Bowne Minturn, Jr. (part owner of theFlying Cloud clipper ship) and Susanna (née Shaw) Minturn (Susanna was the sister of ColonelRobert Gould Shaw) atSt. George's Protestant Episcopal Church inNew York City.[3] The couple had four children:
Their only daughter, Edith, died the day after her birth. Their eldest son Henry IV (known as Halla) died ofpneumonia at the age of 17.[4] Sarah May Minturn died of astroke in 1919.[5]Robert Minturn Sedgwick was aHarvard Crimson football athlete, as was his father, who started at left tackle for two teams—1919 and 1920—that defeated Yale, the 1919 team named national champions.[6] The elder Sedgwick lettered in the 1878 season; his son Robert, at left tackle, lettered in the 1919 and 1920 seasons.[7]
On May 18, 1953, Sedgwick married Gabriella May Ladd inNewtown Township, Pennsylvania.[8] She was the daughter of Dr. Maynard Ladd and sculptorAnna Coleman Ladd.[9] Ladd, who was 46 years Sedgwick's junior, had never been married nor did she remarry after Sedgwick's death.[10]
Sedgwick's granddaughter wasEdith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick, the daughter of his youngest son Francis and his wife Alice Delano de Forest. Alice was the daughter ofHenry deForest. During the 1960s, Edie Sedgwick starred in many ofAndy Warhol's short films.
He is also a paternal great-grandfather to actressKyra Sedgwick, whose father is Henry Dwight Sedgwick V. Henry V is the son of Sedgwick's second oldest son Robert and his first wife Helen Peabody (1890–1948), daughter ofEndicott Peabody.
Sedgwick was a friend toLeavitt Hunt, son of Vermont CongressmanJonathan Hunt (Vermont Representative) and, like Sedgwick, also a Harvard Law School-educated New York attorney. Hunt was also a photographer and brother of Boston painterWilliam Morris Hunt and architectRichard Morris Hunt. Sedgwick and Leavitt Hunt frequently corresponded.[2]
On January 5, 1957, Sedgwick died at Pittsfield General Hospital inPittsfield, Massachusetts at the age of 95.[11] His funeral was held on January 8 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church inBoston.[12]
Sedgwick and his first wife, Sarah Minturn Sedgwick, are buried in theSedgwick Pie inStockbridge Cemetery,Stockbridge, Massachusetts. His second wife, Gabriella, was also buried in the Pie upon her death in 1972.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905).New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)
