Background
Delafield, Lewis Livingston was born on January 30, 1863 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Lewis L. and Emily (Prime) Delafield.
Delafield, Lewis Livingston was born on January 30, 1863 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Lewis L. and Emily (Prime) Delafield.
Educated private schools in Switzerland, Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), Columbia College, Harvard Law School. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1884.
Emily (Mistress Edmund West. Peaslee). Admitted to New York bar, 1884. Later to Federal courts and Supreme Court of the United States Court.
Practiced in New York since 1884.
Member of Committee of Seventy of 1894. Secretary Rapid Transit Commission, 1894-1899.
Nominated for justice New York Supreme Court by bar of 1st Judicial District (Judiciary Nominators Movement), 1906. Member District Board City of New York, having jurisdiction of appeals in all draft matters, 1917-1918, member commission on character and fitness of Appellate Division New York Supreme Court, 1st Department, 1923-1927 (chairman 1926-1927).
Member Charter Revision Commission, New York, appointed by Governor Miller.
Special United State Attorneys Southern District New York for war purposes, 1917-1918. Senior member Hawkins, Delafield & Longfellow until 1934, now retired. Director Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company (now City Bank Farmers Trust Company).
Member Association of Bar of City’ of New York (past vice-president and chairman of the executive and judiciary committees), New York State Bar Association (past vice-president and chairman of the executive committee), Harvard Law School Association of New York (past president). Member Marine Society of New New York Clubs: Union, Century Association (New York).
Married Charlotte Hoffman Wyeth, April.
