Background
Grosvenor, Edwin Prescott was born on October 28, 1875 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Edwin Augustus and Lillian Hovey (Waters) Grosvenor.
Grosvenor, Edwin Prescott was born on October 28, 1875 in Constantinople, Turkey. Son of Edwin Augustus and Lillian Hovey (Waters) Grosvenor.
Twin brother of Gilbert Hovey G. Preparatory department Robert College, Constantinople, 1884-1890. Worcester Academy, 1891-1893.
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Amherst, 1897, Master of Arts, 1900. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University of Law School, 1904.
Master Latin and Greek languages, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, 1899-1900. Admitted New York bar, 1903. Junior counsel for United States Government in investigation and prosecution of Tobacco Trust, 1907-1911.
As special United State Attorneys won only criminal convictions secured against Kentucky “night-riders,” 1910.
Special counsel for United States in prosecuting window glass trust and enameled ware (“bath tub”) trust, 1910-1912. Special assistant to attorney general at Washington, in a number of other cases relating to enforcement of anti-trust and interstate commerce laws, 1911-1913.
Was special counsel for the United States, in charge of suits brought under the anti-trust law against International Harvester Company (“harvester trust”) and the Motion Picture Patents Company and General Film Company (“motion picture trust”), 1913-1915. Successfully defended Fur Dressers and Fur Dyers Association, 1925, against government under Sherman Acting, decision establishing for first time principle that members of a trade association may agree to refuse credit to delinquent customers.
Member Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, since 1914. Treasurer National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor. Associate; member Legal Advisory Board of New York City, under Selective Service Acting, 1917-1918.
Commissioned captain United States of America, Military Intelligence Division, September 3, 1918.
Married Thelma Cudlipp, October 26, 1918. Children: Anne Somerville, Louise Taft.