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Henry Ledyard (March 5, 1812 – June 7, 1880) was the mayor of Detroit, Michigan and a state senator, briefly served as assistant secretary under Secretary of State Lewis Cass, and was the president of the Newport Hospital and the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island. ==Early life and family== Henry Ledyard was born in New York City March 5, 1812, the son of prominent New York lawyer Benjamin Ledyard and Susan French Livingston (the daughter of Revolutionary War Colonel and US Supreme Court justice Henry Brockholst Livingston and granddaughter of New Jersey governor William Livingston). Henry Ledyard graduated from Columbia College in 1830, and began practicing law in New York. When Lewis Cass was appointed Minister to France, Ledyard accompanied him to Paris, eventually becoming ''chargé d’affaires'' of the embassy.〔 In 1839, Ledyard married Cass's daughter Matilda Frances.〔 The couple had five children:〔 *Elizabeth Ledyard, born October 1, 1840, and married to Francis Wayland Goddard in 1862. *Henry Brockholst Ledyard, born February 20, 1844 (Susan's twin), and married to Mary R. L'Hommedieu. Henry Brockholst Ledyard was president of the Michigan Central Railroad and the Union Trust Company, and a great philanthropist: * *He is the father of Matilda Cass Ledyard (January 24, 1871 – November 30, 1960), wife of German diplomat Baron Clemens von Ketteler. *Susan Livingston Ledyard, born February 20, 1844 (Henry's twin), married to Hamilton B. Tompkins in 1876, and she died the next year. *Lewis Cass Ledyard, born April 4, 1851, and married to Gertrude Prince in 1878. After Gertrude's death in 1905, Lewis married Isabelle Henning Morris in 1906. Lewis Cass Ledyard was a prominent New York lawyer in the firm Carter Ledyard & Milburn, president of the New York Public Library, and personal counsel to J. Pierpont Morgan. *Matilda Spancer Ledyard, born May 27, 1860. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Ledyard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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