Walter Rathbone Bacon

Walter Rathbone Bacon (February 22, 1845 - November 14, 1917) was an American capitalist who organised a system of tramways in Europe.[1] Over his career, Bacon acted as director of Imperial Tramways Company, London Street Tramways Company, Corris Railway Company, Bell Punch Company Ltd., Hull Street Tramways Company, North Metropolitan Tramway Company and Belfast Street Tramways Company.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Circa 1892. Seated: Walter Rathbone Bacon, Gifford Pinchot, Virginia P. Bacon; Standing: Emily Sloane, Adele Sloane, George Vanderbilt

In 1882, in Bordeaux, France, Bacon married Virginia Purdy Barker, the youngest granddaughter of business magnate, Cornelius Vanderbilt.[8] Bacon and his wife spent most of their time abroad, particularly in London and at Netherdale Estate, their Manor house in Turriff, Scotland. However, after the outbreak of World War I travel to Europe became more difficult and the Bacons remained in New York.[9][10]

Walter, with his brother Edward R. Bacon, a lawyer, acted as president of the Knickerbocker Apartments at 247 Fifth Avenue, where the two lived with Walter's wife.[11][12] The Knickerbocker apartments, in William B. Duncan's former mansion, were sold to the newly formed gentlemen's club, the Knickerbocker Club. The Knickerbocker club was formed out of the Union Club of the City of New York, by a group of members exasperated with the admittance of younger, less traditional members.[13] Walter was also a member of Racquet and Tennis Club, in New York and The Reform Club, in London.[14]

Walter died in his Fifth Avenue apartment on November 14, 1917.[15] In 1911, Virginia established the Walter Rathbone Bacon Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution in memory of her husband.[16]

References

  1. ^ New York Times November 15, 1917
  2. ^ Duncan's Manual of British, Foreign and Colonial Tramway, Omnibus & Electric Railway Companies, 1896, pg. 298
  3. ^ The Stock Exchange Book For 1883, 1883, pg. 345
  4. ^ The Stock Exchange Book For 1883, 1883, pg. 404
  5. ^ The Stock Exchange Book For 1883, 1883, pg. 346
  6. ^ The Stock Exchange Book For 1883, 1883, pg. 349
  7. ^ 'The Hamberg, Altona and District Tramway Company, Ltd.' in Truth, Vol 13, London, April 12, 1883, pg. 524
  8. ^ The Standard, Friday March 10, issue 1785 (London: 1882), p. 1. Accessed through 19th Century British Library Newspapers Part II
  9. ^ American Art News, April 12, 1919
  10. ^ Social Register, Summer ...: Contains the Summer Addresses of Residents of New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston and Baltimore. Social Register Association. 1913. p. 15.
  11. ^ New York Times November 15, 1917
  12. ^ The Elite of New York, Society List and Club' Register, New York, 1915, pg. 17
  13. ^ Tom Miller, The Lost 1882 Knickerbocker Apartments, September 3, 2012
  14. ^ D. K. MacDowell, Commodore Vanderbilt and his Family: A Biographical Account of the Descendants of Cornelius and Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt, 1989, pg. 69
  15. ^ New York Times November 15, 1917
  16. ^ "Walter Rathbone Bacon Fellowship". Smithsonian Fellowships and Internships. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

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