Charles D. Lanier
| Charles D. Lanier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 19, 1837 Madison, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 6, 1926 (aged 89) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Russell Military Academy |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah E. Egleston (m. 1857; her death 1898) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
James F. D. Lanier Elizabeth Gardner |
| Relatives |
Charles Lawrance (grandson) John R. Cravens (brother-in-law) William McKee Dunn (brother-in-law) |
Charles D. Lanier (January 19, 1837 – March 6, 1926) was an American banker, and railroad executive who inherited the bulk of father's fortune, who was a close friend of Pierpont Morgan.
Lanier was born on January 19, 1837 in Madison, Indiana. He was the son of James Franklin Doughty Lanier (1800–1881) and Elizabeth Gardner (1798–1846). He was the brother of Alexander Chalmers Lanier (1820–1895), Elizabeth Frances Lanier (1822–1910), who married Brig. Gen. William McKee Dunn (1814–1887), Drucilla Ann Lanier (1824–1903), who married John Robert Cravens (1819–1899), the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, Mary Lanier (b. 1832), who married John Cameron Stone (d. 1862), Louisa Morris Lanier (1835–1885), Katherine Howard Lanier (b. 1858).
In 1655, his ancestor, Thomas Lanier, a French Huguenot refugee, came to America accompanied by John Washington, the great-grandfather of President George Washington. Thomas, who settled in Westmoreland County, Virginia, married Washington's daughter, Anne Washington (1662–1697).
In 1859, he joined his father in the family banking establishment, Winslow, Lanier & Co., that was founded in 1849 with Richard H. Winslow. He was given an interest in 1860, and later became head of the firm. The younger Lanier worked continuously at Winslow, Lanier & Co. for sixty-seven years, one of the longest careers in banking at that time.
He served on the boards of the Southern Railway, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (of which he was president and his father was the first president), Massillon & Cleveland Railroad, and a trustee of the Central Union Trust Company. In addition, he was a director of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, the West Shore Railroad, the Western Union Telegraph Co., The Central & South American Telegraph Co., the Madison Square Garden Co., and the National Bank of Commerce.
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