Lloyd Bryce
U.S. Minister to Luxembourg
In office December 7, 1911 – September 10, 1913
President	William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Arthur M. Beaupre
Succeeded by	Henry van Dyke
U.S. Minister to the Netherlands
In office November 16, 1911 – September 10, 1913
President	William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	Arthur M. Beaupre
Succeeded by	Henry van Dyke
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's7th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Preceded by	John J. Adams
Succeeded by	Edward J. Dunphy
Personal details
Born	Lloyd Stephens Bryce September 20, 1851 (1851-09-20) Flushing, New York
Died	April 2, 1917(1917-04-02) (aged 65) Mineola, New York
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Edith Cooper ​ ​ (m. 1879; died 1916)​
Children	3, includingEdith
Parent	Joseph Smith Bryce
Alma mater	Georgetown University Christ Church, Oxford Columbia Law School
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	New YorkState Militia
Rank	Brigadier General

Lloyd Stephens Bryce (September 20, 1851 – April 2, 1917) was an American diplomat and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromNew York from 1887 to 1889. He was also an author and magazine editor.

Lloyd Stephens Bryce was born inFlushing, New York on September 20, 1851. His father, Joseph Smith Bryce (1808–1901), graduated third in his class from theUnited States Military Academy in 1829,Robert E. Lee was second, and served as aUnion ArmyMajor in theCivil War, engaged in the defense of Washington, D.C.

Lloyd's sister was Clemence Smith Bryce, who marriedNicholas Fish, theU.S. Ambassador to Switzerland andBelgium, and was the mother ofHamilton Fish II. He was a nephew ofJohn L. Stevens,U.S. Minister to theKingdom of Hawaii.

He attendedGeorgetown University, Washington, D.C., andChrist Church, Oxford, where he graduated withbachelor's andmaster's degrees.^[1] Bryce also studied atColumbia Law School.^[2]

Bryce was an avid sports enthusiast, and wrote that sports were capable of quelling revolutionary thought among the poor and promoting understanding between nations. He was a frequent participant inpolo matches inNewport, Rhode Island^[3] andManhattan andfox hunts onLong Island.^[4]

Bryce, aDemocrat, became interested in politics. In 1886,GovernorDavid B. Hill appointed him to the governor's staff as Paymaster General of the militia with the rank ofBrigadier General, a largely ceremonial position. Afterwards he was known as General Bryce.^[5]

Bryce was elected as aDemocrat to theFiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to theFifty-first Congress.^[2]

He was appointedMinister to the Netherlands on August 12, 1911, and he served until September 10, 1913.^[6]

His friendC. Allen Thorndike Rice, the editor and owner of theNorth American Review, died unexpectedly in 1889 and left the magazine to Bryce in his will. Bryce was the owner and editor from 1889 to 1896.^[2]

Influenced by his experience in Congress he wrote an early "Yellow Peril" story, calledDream of Conquest for the June 1889 issue ofLippincott's Monthly Magazine. His other published works include:Paradise: A Novel (1888);Romance of an Alter Ego (1889);Friends in Exile (1893); andLady Blanche's Salon (1899).

In 1879,^[7] he marriedEdith Cooper (1854–1916),^[8] the only child ofNew York City MayorEdward Cooper,^[9] and granddaughter of the famous industrialistPeter Cooper.^[10][11] Together, they were the parents of:

• Edith Claire Bryce (1880–1960),^[12] who married President of theNew York Public Service CommissionJohn Sergeant Cram (1851–1936)^[13]
• Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (1881–1960),^[14] who marriedconservationistGifford Pinchot (1865–1946), the first Chief of theUnited States Forest Service underTheodore Roosevelt, in 1914.^[15][16]
• Peter Cooper Bryce (1889–1964),^[17] who married Angelica Schuyler Brown (1890–1980), of theBrown banking family, in 1917.^[18]

Bryce died inMineola, New York, April 2, 1917, and was interred inGreenwood Cemetery,Brooklyn, New York. The bulk of his estate, worth $1,665,061,^[19] was left to his two daughters, with his son receiving all his paintings, including a portrait byGodfrey Kneller, books, engravings, and clothing.^[20] His home at 1025Fifth Avenue was left to his children in four equal shares, two to his son and one to each of his daughters.^[20]

His grandson, Henry Sergeant Cram (1907–1997), married Edith Kingdon Drexel (1911–1934), the granddaughter ofAnthony Joseph Drexel Jr. andGeorge Jay Gould I, in 1930.^[21] Cram later married Ruth Vaux, a granddaughter ofRichard Vaux, after his first wife's death.^[22] His granddaughter, Edith Bryce Cram (1908–1972), married Arthur Gerhard in 1950.^[23]

• United States Congress."Lloyd Bryce (id: B000998)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Works by or about Lloyd Bryce at theInternet Archive
• James Terry White,The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 1, 1898, page 252

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