Charles graduated from Yale University in 1868 and became literary editor for the New York Times (1876-94) He founded the Fencers Club, The Authors Club, the National Sculpture Society and the National Arts Club.de Kay wrote four books of verse during his lifetime and was appointed by President Cleveland to be Consul General to Berlin∼Youngest child of Commodore George Coleman DeKay and Janet Halleck Drake. Married Lucy Edwalyn Coffey on June 4, 1888 at Calvary Church, NY, NY.
Poet, literary critic, linguist, and fencer. He founded the Fencer's Club in 1880, the Author's Club in 1882, the National Sculptre Society and the National Arts Club. Father of Drake, Rodman, Ormonde, Helena and Janet S. DeKay, Mrs. Robert W. Barbour, Marion Eckford (Mrs. Peyton Rous) and Mrs. E. Basil Bury.
Charles graduated from Yale University in 1868 and became literary editor for the New York Times (1876-94) He founded the Fencers Club, The Authors Club, the National Sculpture Society and the National Arts Club.de Kay wrote four books of verse during his lifetime and was appointed by President Cleveland to be Consul General to Berlin∼Youngest child of Commodore George Coleman DeKay and Janet Halleck Drake. Married Lucy Edwalyn Coffey on June 4, 1888 at Calvary Church, NY, NY.
Poet, literary critic, linguist, and fencer. He founded the Fencer's Club in 1880, the Author's Club in 1882, the National Sculptre Society and the National Arts Club. Father of Drake, Rodman, Ormonde, Helena and Janet S. DeKay, Mrs. Robert W. Barbour, Marion Eckford (Mrs. Peyton Rous) and Mrs. E. Basil Bury.
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