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William Starr Miller

William Starr Miller II
Born (1856-10-26)October 26, 1856
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died September 14, 1935(1935-09-14) (aged 78)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Green-Wood Cemetery
Residence 1048 Fifth Avenue
Alma mater Harvard University
Columbia Law School
Spouse(s) Edith Caroline Warren
(m. 1886; his death 1935)
Children Edith Starr Miller
Parent(s) George Norton Miller
Sarah Caroline Tucker Chace
Relatives William S. Miller (uncle)
Baron Queenborough (son-in-law)

William Starr Miller II (October 26, 1856 – September 14, 1935) was a prominent New York industrialist and real estate operator.

Miller was born in New York City on October 26, 1856. He was a son of George Norton Miller I (1805–1891) and Sarah Caroline Tucker (nee Chace) (1832–1872), who were married on October 9, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts. William was named in honor of his father's brother of the same name,William Starr Miller I (1793–1854), who served as a Representative from New York in the 29th United States Congress and died about before William II was born. His siblings were George Norton Miller Jr. (1857–1935) and Horatio Ray Miller (1861–1905).

William Starr Miller II attended Harvard University from 1874 to 1878, graduating with an A.B. degree in 1878. He then attended Columbia Law School, where he graduated in 1880 with an LL.B. degree.

In 1880, he was admitted to the New York City Bar. His original business address was 39 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York.

Miller was a member of the Knickerbocker Club and the Union Club of New York.

Miller commissioned his brother-in-law, Whitney Warren, a partner in Warren and Wetmore, to design them a French Norman-style "cottage" in Newport, Rhode Island named High Tide, with interiors by noted designer Ogden Codman. They turned to architects Carrère and Hastings, however, for their New York City residence at 1048 Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan. This house became the Neue Galerie in 2001.


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