Born to Frederick William Tilton and Ellen (Trowbridge) Tilton. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1900. After graduation he worked at Lyman Cotton Mills in Holyoke, MA for three years. He then joined Harding, Whitman & Co. and by 1910 he partnered with Charles L. Harding to break away and establish Harding, Tilton & Co., a dry goods commission house with offices in New York City and Boston. They marketed products from several New England mills.
He married Mildred Olive Bigelow on December 15, 1906 and had two daughters; Mildred Ellen and Pyrma Daphne. They were later divorced.
He married divorcee Elizabeth Morton Breese on March 29, 1921. He lived in Newport, Tuxedo, Southampton and Palm Beach traveling in society's highest circles.
Newell Tilton was described by author Cleveland Amory in his book Who Killed Society? (1960) as "the last of the species once known as arbiter elegantiarum". In the 1950s, Tilton commented to Amory, "In my generally ignored opinion, there is no such thing as Society any more any where any time any how. The family standard is at half staff and the gold standard isn't gold or a standard. The people who really are Society don't want to be associated with the ones who just think they are - so the ones who just think they are, are the only ones left. The whole thing's gone to hell in a hack."
He was a retired investment banker and died in his beloved Southampton at his summer home on Hill Street at the age of 84.
He married Mildred Olive Bigelow on December 15, 1906 and had two daughters; Mildred Ellen and Pyrma Daphne. They were later divorced.
He married divorcee Elizabeth Morton Breese on March 29, 1921. He lived in Newport, Tuxedo, Southampton and Palm Beach traveling in society's highest circles.
Newell Tilton was described by author Cleveland Amory in his book Who Killed Society? (1960) as "the last of the species once known as arbiter elegantiarum". In the 1950s, Tilton commented to Amory, "In my generally ignored opinion, there is no such thing as Society any more any where any time any how. The family standard is at half staff and the gold standard isn't gold or a standard. The people who really are Society don't want to be associated with the ones who just think they are - so the ones who just think they are, are the only ones left. The whole thing's gone to hell in a hack."
He was a retired investment banker and died in his beloved Southampton at his summer home on Hill Street at the age of 84.
Born to Frederick William Tilton and Ellen (Trowbridge) Tilton. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1900. After graduation he worked at Lyman Cotton Mills in Holyoke, MA for three years. He then joined Harding, Whitman & Co. and by 1910 he partnered with Charles L. Harding to break away and establish Harding, Tilton & Co., a dry goods commission house with offices in New York City and Boston. They marketed products from several New England mills.
He married Mildred Olive Bigelow on December 15, 1906 and had two daughters; Mildred Ellen and Pyrma Daphne. They were later divorced.
He married divorcee Elizabeth Morton Breese on March 29, 1921. He lived in Newport, Tuxedo, Southampton and Palm Beach traveling in society's highest circles.
Newell Tilton was described by author Cleveland Amory in his book Who Killed Society? (1960) as "the last of the species once known as arbiter elegantiarum". In the 1950s, Tilton commented to Amory, "In my generally ignored opinion, there is no such thing as Society any more any where any time any how. The family standard is at half staff and the gold standard isn't gold or a standard. The people who really are Society don't want to be associated with the ones who just think they are - so the ones who just think they are, are the only ones left. The whole thing's gone to hell in a hack."
He was a retired investment banker and died in his beloved Southampton at his summer home on Hill Street at the age of 84.
He married Mildred Olive Bigelow on December 15, 1906 and had two daughters; Mildred Ellen and Pyrma Daphne. They were later divorced.
He married divorcee Elizabeth Morton Breese on March 29, 1921. He lived in Newport, Tuxedo, Southampton and Palm Beach traveling in society's highest circles.
Newell Tilton was described by author Cleveland Amory in his book Who Killed Society? (1960) as "the last of the species once known as arbiter elegantiarum". In the 1950s, Tilton commented to Amory, "In my generally ignored opinion, there is no such thing as Society any more any where any time any how. The family standard is at half staff and the gold standard isn't gold or a standard. The people who really are Society don't want to be associated with the ones who just think they are - so the ones who just think they are, are the only ones left. The whole thing's gone to hell in a hack."
He was a retired investment banker and died in his beloved Southampton at his summer home on Hill Street at the age of 84.
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