Sportsman, Financier, Philanthropist. Mr. Cuyler was born in Philadelphia January 1, 1859, the son of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, an eminent lawyer of that city. After graduation from Princeton in 1879 he began business with the New York banking firm of Jesup, Paton & Co., of which his uncle, the late Morris K. Jesup, was a member. In 1882 he was taken into partnership, and subsequently the firm of Cuyler, Morgan & Co. was organized, with Mr. Cuyler as senior partner and Junius S. Morgan as a member. He was elected President of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company. Meantime he had formed many business connections. He was Vice-President of the United States Guaranty Company; director of the Casualty Company of America, the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey, the Guarantee Company of North America, J. G. White & Co., incorporated: the Mercantile Trust Company, the Metropolitan Audit Company, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, the National Heat, Light and Power Company, the New York Dock Company, the Orange National Bank, the Registrar and Transfer Company of New Jersey, the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Companies, the Subsurface Torpedo Company, the Princeton Inn Company, the University Power Company of Princeton, the Princeton Publishing Company, the Princeton University Press, the Princeton Bank, the Princeton Preparatory School. He was also interested in various other institutions. He was President of the Institute of Musical Art in New York. Treasurer of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome. a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Societies, and the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a member of the Princeton, the Union, the Lawyers'. the University, the Century, the Down Town. and the City Clubs of New York, and the Nassau and Ivy Clubs of Princeton. Since 1885 Mr. Cuyler had served as a member of the Graduate Advisory Committee on Athletics, and since 1908 as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University. As Treasurer of his class he was instrumental in raising the fund of $115.000 for the building of Seventy-nine Hall. He was also concerned in collecting the funds for the Saint Gaudens statue of Dr. McCosh in Marquand Chapel, the 79 tigers which are to take the place of the old lions on the steps of Nassau Hall, and the endowment of the Murray Professorship in English Literature. In memory of his father he presented to the University the fund of $5,000 to establish the Theodore Cuyler Prize in Economics. These are but a few of his many benefactions, continued through a period of a quarter of a century. On March 3. 1906, Mr. Cuyler was married to Mrs. Mary Townsend Nicoll Lord.
Cornelius C. Cuyler died at Biarritz, France, July 31, 1909 following an automobile accident. While travelling in the Basque country Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler were motoring in the vicinity of Cambo, near Biarritz, the only other occupant of the car being the chauffeur. The machine was climbing a steep and rocky hill when the accident occurred. Something gave way beneath the car and at the same time the footbrake was disabled. The car started backward down the hill and turned over, throwing the occupants into a ditch. Mr. Cuyler struck on his head and was unconscious when picked up. Mrs. Cuyler was severely bruised, but the chauffeur escaped without injury, Mr. Cuyler was taken to Biarritz, but he died the next day. Mrs. Cuyler superintended the removal of the body to Paris in a special car and the return to New York on the steamer Adriatic. The funeral service was in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, interment was made in the Princeton cemetery.
Cornelius C. Cuyler died at Biarritz, France, July 31, 1909 following an automobile accident. While travelling in the Basque country Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler were motoring in the vicinity of Cambo, near Biarritz, the only other occupant of the car being the chauffeur. The machine was climbing a steep and rocky hill when the accident occurred. Something gave way beneath the car and at the same time the footbrake was disabled. The car started backward down the hill and turned over, throwing the occupants into a ditch. Mr. Cuyler struck on his head and was unconscious when picked up. Mrs. Cuyler was severely bruised, but the chauffeur escaped without injury, Mr. Cuyler was taken to Biarritz, but he died the next day. Mrs. Cuyler superintended the removal of the body to Paris in a special car and the return to New York on the steamer Adriatic. The funeral service was in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, interment was made in the Princeton cemetery.
Sportsman, Financier, Philanthropist. Mr. Cuyler was born in Philadelphia January 1, 1859, the son of Theodore Ledyard Cuyler, an eminent lawyer of that city. After graduation from Princeton in 1879 he began business with the New York banking firm of Jesup, Paton & Co., of which his uncle, the late Morris K. Jesup, was a member. In 1882 he was taken into partnership, and subsequently the firm of Cuyler, Morgan & Co. was organized, with Mr. Cuyler as senior partner and Junius S. Morgan as a member. He was elected President of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company. Meantime he had formed many business connections. He was Vice-President of the United States Guaranty Company; director of the Casualty Company of America, the Commercial Trust Company of New Jersey, the Guarantee Company of North America, J. G. White & Co., incorporated: the Mercantile Trust Company, the Metropolitan Audit Company, the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, the National Heat, Light and Power Company, the New York Dock Company, the Orange National Bank, the Registrar and Transfer Company of New Jersey, the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Companies, the Subsurface Torpedo Company, the Princeton Inn Company, the University Power Company of Princeton, the Princeton Publishing Company, the Princeton University Press, the Princeton Bank, the Princeton Preparatory School. He was also interested in various other institutions. He was President of the Institute of Musical Art in New York. Treasurer of the American School of Classical Studies in Rome. a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Societies, and the Archaeological Institute of America. He was a member of the Princeton, the Union, the Lawyers'. the University, the Century, the Down Town. and the City Clubs of New York, and the Nassau and Ivy Clubs of Princeton. Since 1885 Mr. Cuyler had served as a member of the Graduate Advisory Committee on Athletics, and since 1908 as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University. As Treasurer of his class he was instrumental in raising the fund of $115.000 for the building of Seventy-nine Hall. He was also concerned in collecting the funds for the Saint Gaudens statue of Dr. McCosh in Marquand Chapel, the 79 tigers which are to take the place of the old lions on the steps of Nassau Hall, and the endowment of the Murray Professorship in English Literature. In memory of his father he presented to the University the fund of $5,000 to establish the Theodore Cuyler Prize in Economics. These are but a few of his many benefactions, continued through a period of a quarter of a century. On March 3. 1906, Mr. Cuyler was married to Mrs. Mary Townsend Nicoll Lord.
Cornelius C. Cuyler died at Biarritz, France, July 31, 1909 following an automobile accident. While travelling in the Basque country Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler were motoring in the vicinity of Cambo, near Biarritz, the only other occupant of the car being the chauffeur. The machine was climbing a steep and rocky hill when the accident occurred. Something gave way beneath the car and at the same time the footbrake was disabled. The car started backward down the hill and turned over, throwing the occupants into a ditch. Mr. Cuyler struck on his head and was unconscious when picked up. Mrs. Cuyler was severely bruised, but the chauffeur escaped without injury, Mr. Cuyler was taken to Biarritz, but he died the next day. Mrs. Cuyler superintended the removal of the body to Paris in a special car and the return to New York on the steamer Adriatic. The funeral service was in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, interment was made in the Princeton cemetery.
Cornelius C. Cuyler died at Biarritz, France, July 31, 1909 following an automobile accident. While travelling in the Basque country Mr. and Mrs. Cuyler were motoring in the vicinity of Cambo, near Biarritz, the only other occupant of the car being the chauffeur. The machine was climbing a steep and rocky hill when the accident occurred. Something gave way beneath the car and at the same time the footbrake was disabled. The car started backward down the hill and turned over, throwing the occupants into a ditch. Mr. Cuyler struck on his head and was unconscious when picked up. Mrs. Cuyler was severely bruised, but the chauffeur escaped without injury, Mr. Cuyler was taken to Biarritz, but he died the next day. Mrs. Cuyler superintended the removal of the body to Paris in a special car and the return to New York on the steamer Adriatic. The funeral service was in the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York, interment was made in the Princeton cemetery.
