Background
Bancroft, Hugh was born on September 13, 1879 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Amos and Mary (Shaw) Bancroft.
Bancroft, Hugh was born on September 13, 1879 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Amos and Mary (Shaw) Bancroft.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897, A.M., 1898. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1901.
Mistress Sherwin C. Badger). Married second, Jane Wallis Waldron Barron, January 15, 1907. Children—Jessie (Mistress William C. Cox), Hugh, Junior, Jane.
Assistant district attorney, Middlesex Company, 1902-1906, district attorney, 1907. Chairman, Board Of Directors Port of Boston, 1911-1914. President Boston News Bureau Company, Cohasset National Bk.
Also president Dow, Jones & Company, publications Wall St. Journal, public Barron’s Weekly and Philadelphia Financial Journal.
Member Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, private to brigadier general, 1894-1909, retired as major general.
Married Mary A. Cogan (died 1903).; married second, Jane Wallis Waldron Barron, January 15, 1907. Children: Jessie (Mistress William C. Cox), Hugh, Junior.