W. Bayard Cutting
| William Bayard Cutting | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 12, 1850 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 1912 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia College, 1869, 1871 |
| Occupation | Attorney, financier, real estate developer, sugar beet refiner |
| Spouse(s) | Olivia Peyton Murray (m. 1877; his death 1912) |
| Children | William Bayard Cutting Justine Bayard Cutting Bronson Murray Cutting Olivia Murray Cutting |
| Parent(s) | Fulton Cutting Elise Justine Bayard |
| Relatives |
Robert Fulton Cutting (brother) Robert Cutting (grandfather) Robert Bayard (grandfather) Francis B. Cutting (uncle) |
William Bayard Cutting (January 12, 1850 – March 1, 1912), a member of New York's merchant aristocracy, was an attorney, financier, real estate developer, sugar beet refiner and philanthropist. Cutting and his brother Fulton started the sugar beet industry in the United States in 1888. He was a builder of railroads, operated the ferries of New York City, and developed part of the south Brooklyn waterfront, Red Hook.
Cutting was in New York City on January 12, 1850. He was the son of Fulton Cutting (1816–1875) and Elise Justine Bayard (1823–1852). He was the brother of Robert Fulton Cutting (1852–1934), a financier.
His paternal grandparents were William Cutting (1773–1820) and Gertrude Livingston (1778–1864), the sister of Henry Walter Livingston, a U.S. Representative from New York, and the daughter of Walter Livingston, the 1st Speaker of the New York State Assembly. He was the nephew of Francis Brockholst Cutting, also a U.S. Representative from New York. His maternal grandfather, Robert Bayard, was Robert Fulton's partner. Cutting and Fulton were brothers-in-law who had married Livingston sisters. Cutting ancestors included members from the Bayard, Schuyler and Van Cortlandt families of Colonial New York.
Cutting attended, studied law and graduated from Columbia College.
Cutting, a lawyer, assisted his grandfather, Robert Bayard, in the management of his railroad company. In addition, W. Bayard Cutting continued to operate the ferry system of New York City and the city of Brooklyn.
In 1895, Cutting and his brother laid out a golf course at Westbrook, known to be the first private golf course in the United States.
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