Background

Bentley, Peter was born on September 1, 1915 in Jersey City. Son of Peter and Emma (Patterson) Bentley.

Education

Phillips Exeter Academy. Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, 1941).

Career

Worked at Bentley, Mosher, Babson & Lambert, P.C. (Greenwich, Connecticut) specializing in General Practice. Estates and Trusts, Corporate, Tax, Pension, ERISA, Real Estate, Mortgage and Banking, Consumer Lending. State and Federal Litigation including Domestic Relations.

Admitted to the bar, 1942, New York. 1952, Connecticut.

Member: Stamford/Norwalk Regional, Connecticut and American Bar Associations. Bentley, Mosher, Babson & Lambert, P.C. traces its roots in the Stamford and Greenwich areas back to the 1930's.

The firm has a tradition of commitment to professional excellence and to public service with community, charitable, civic and political organizations.

Achievements

• Bar: New York 1942, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1943, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1944, Connecticut 1952, United States District Court Connecticut 1954.

Membership

Republican Greenwich Town Meeting, 1966-1968. Board directors, president The Carl J. Herzog Foundation Inc., since 1978. Board directors Feris Foundation American Inc., 1983-1990.

Board directors The Royal Society of Medicine Foundation, Inc., 1991-1996. Mem Rockefeller U. Council, since 1994. Member American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, Stamford Bar Association (president 1971-1972, board directors), American Skin Association (board directors, chairman 1988-1996).

Connections

Married Signe Von Krusenstierna, April 15, 1944 (deceased March 1984). 1 child, Frederique Bentley Boire. Married Jane Morfoot Chapman, April 19, 1986.

father:

Peter Bentley

mother:

Emma (Patterson) Bentley

spouse:

Jane Morfoot Chapman

spouse:

Signe Von Krusenstierna

child:

Frederique Bentley Boire Bentley