George L. Lorillard
George Lyndes Lorillard (March 26, 1843 – February 3, 1886) was an American tobacco manufacturer and a prominent Thoroughbred racehorse owner.
He was born in Westchester, New York, the son of Pierre Lorillard III (1796-1867) and Catherine Griswold. In 1760, his great-grandfather founded P. Lorillard and Company in New York City to process tobacco, cigars, and snuff. Today, Lorillard Tobacco Company is the oldest tobacco company in the United States.
Lorillard owned a mansion on 800 acres (3.2 km2) on Long Island, located north of the Montauk Highway on the west bank of the Connetquot River. In 1884 he sold much of this estate to William Bayard Cutting, who built the notable house called Westbrook on the land.
He also maintained a winter home in St. Augustine, Florida.
At the time of his death in 1886, George Lorillard was married to Marie Louise La Farge, later Countess de Agreda.
George Lorillard, like his brother Pierre, was a prominent racehorse owner in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. At his Long Island estate, he built a large stable and training track. Lorillard arranged to take in boys from the New York House of Refuge, who were given stable work and educated in a specially built schoolroom. The boys learned to ride horses and after a five-year apprenticeship were given an opportunity to become a professional jockey. Notable among them was Tom Costello, who won numerous important races, including three American Classics.
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