William 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 M. Cutting Olivia M. Cutting |
| Parent(s) | Fulton Cutting Elise Justine Bayard |
| Relatives | Robert Fulton Cutting (brother) Robert Cutting (grandfather) Robert Bayard (grandfather) |
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.
He was born to Fulton Cutting (1816–1875) and Elise Justine Bayard (1823–1852), and was the brother of financier Robert Fulton Cutting (1852–1934). His grandfather, Robert Cutting, 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 trained at Columbia College, as a lawyer, in which capacity he 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.
He was an outdoorsman and a gardener of great ability.
His Long Island estate along the west bank of the Connetquot River, purchased from George L. Lorillard in 1884, and the country house called "Westbrook" which he built there, are now the Bayard Cutting Arboretum, in Great River, New York.
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.
Cutting was a member of the famous Jekyll Island Club (a.k.a. The Millionaires Club) on Jekyll Island, Georgia. He was also a founding member of the good government organization, the City Club of New York. Cutting also was one of the founders of the New York Metropolitan Opera.
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