Background
Gilchrist, Thomas Byron was born on March 11, 1885 in South Hartford, New York, United States. Son of Frank and Mary Calista (Whittemore) Gilchrist.
Gilchrist, Thomas Byron was born on March 11, 1885 in South Hartford, New York, United States. Son of Frank and Mary Calista (Whittemore) Gilchrist.
Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1906.
Admitted to New York State bar, 1906. Associate Bergen & Prendergast, New York City, 1906-1914, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1914-1946, partner, 1929-1946. Partner Bleakley, Platt, Gilchrist & Walker, New York City and White Plains, New York, 1947-1958.
Fiduciary trustee, president, director Fifty-Fourth St. Realty Company Trustee Hudson River Museum at Yonkers, Inc., since 1946, president, 1951-1954.
Member Cornell Univercity Council. Member American, New York State bar associations, Association Bar City of New York, Cornell Law Association, Society of Four Arts (director). Member of the Reformed Church.
Clubs: Everglades, Bath and Tennis (Palm Beach, Florida).
Married Alice Edith Goodman, September 14, 1909 (deceased January 1956).; married second, Grace Johnson Gilchrist, August 24, 1957. Children: Thomas Byron, Juliet G., Mary Louise (Mistress Richard Lambert Leeds).