Background
Branch, Claude Raymond was born on January 9, 1886 in Providence. Son of John Baker and Fannie Welles (Mowry) Branch.
Branch, Claude Raymond was born on January 9, 1886 in Providence. Son of John Baker and Fannie Welles (Mowry) Branch.
Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1974. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard, 1911.
Gemmingen-Hornberg), Elizabeth Hilary (Mistress Harvey Eggeman), Judith (Mistress John L. Hart, Junior). Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1911, Massachusetts bar, 1932. 3d assistant attorney general of Rhode Island, 1915-1916.
Member Edwards & Angell, 1916-1929.
President Providence & Worcester Railroad Company, 1927-1929. Special assistant to United State Attorneys general, 1929-1932.
Member Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, since 1932. Director Providence Washington Insurance Company, Peoples Trust Company.
Trustee Peoples Savings Bank.
Head enforce. division United States Food Administration, Rhode Island 1917-1918.
Fellow emeritus Brown U. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Law Institute, American Rhode Island, Boston bar associations Rhode Island History Society (president 1928-1929), Phi Beta Kappa (president Rhode Island Alpha 1948-1949), Alpha Delta Phi.
Clubs: Hope, Providence Art, Agawam Hunt.
Married Hope Shepardson Cary, February 19, 1928 (divorced). Children: Audrey (Mistress Stephen Smith), Cecily (Freifrau v.