Background
Delafield, Edward Coleman was born on July 10, 1877 in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Maturin Livingston and Mary Coleman (Livingston) Delafield.
Delafield, Edward Coleman was born on July 10, 1877 in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Maturin Livingston and Mary Coleman (Livingston) Delafield.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1899.
Vice president and president Franklin Trust Company from 1914, merged with The Bank of America, May 1, 1920, of which was president Director and member Executive Committee City Bank Farmers Trust Company. Resigned as vice president City Bank Farmers Trust Company, 1937.
Became senior partner stock exchange firm Delafield & Delafield.
Trustees Greenwich Savings Bank. Director Cerveceria Corona, Incorporated., and Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, Incorporated.
Trustee, Sloan Kettering Institute.
Served as major, later lieutenant colonel 9th C.A.C., New York.G. Member of New York State Military Rifle Teams, National matches, 1918-1919. Fellow Corporation New York Botanical Gardens, American Museum National History.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York History Society (patron), Pilgrims Society, Society of Colonial Wars, Society of the Cincinnati, Society War of 1812, Saint Nicholas Society, South.R., New York Society of Military and Naval Officers World War I, New York Genealogical and Biological Society (life), New York Zoological Society (life), Society Descendants Signers of Declaration of Independence, Descendants of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science (life). Clubs: Union, Down Town, Contemporary, Onteora (directory).
Married Margaretta Stockton Beasley, April. Married second, Clelia C. Benjamin, February 4, 1928. Children: Maturin Livingston, II, Margaretta Stockton, Edward C., Mary.
