He was born inChicago to Henry Hobart Taylor and Adelaide Chatfield Taylor in 1865 as Hobart Taylor, but appended the "Chatfield" to his surname as the stipulation of a large inheritance from his maternal uncle Wayne Chatfield (making his full name Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor). He graduated fromCornell University in 1886.
He edited a literary journal calledAmerica for a few years, and also served asconsul to Spain in Chicago. He published his first novel,With Edge Tools, in 1891.[1][2]
Image of his first wife,Rose Farwell, in 1901A photograph of his second wife, Estelle (née Barbour) Stillman, in 1914.
In 1890, he was married toRose Farwell, daughter of former United States SenatorCharles B. Farwell.[3][4] Her sister,Anna, was the wife of composerReginald de Koven.[5] His wife's portrait was painted by the Swiss-born American society painterAdolfo Müller-Ury, three quarter-length in 1893 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in February 1894), and half-length drawing on a pair of white gloves in 1894 (exhibited at Knoedler's New York Gallery in January 1895); both are unlocated. Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:
Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor (1891–1982), who married Hendricks Hallett Whitman in 1912. They divorced in 1932,[6] and she married William Davies Sohier Jr. in 1940.[7]
Otis Chatfield-Taylor (1899–1948),[9] a writer, playwright, editor, theatrical producer who married Janet Benson in 1931. They divorced in 1934,[10] and he married Marochka Borisovna Anisfeld,[11] a daughter ofBoris Anisfeld, in 1936.[12]
Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (1908–1980), who married Valborg Edison Palmer in 1928.[13]
^"Brief Reviews of Lately Published Books".The New York Times. 17 April 1909. Retrieved6 June 2020.Mr. H.C. Chatfield-Taylor is known by several novels, and furthermore, by a biography of Moliere which revealed a good deal of painstaking research.
