Herbert L. Satterlee

Early life

Herbert Livingston Satterlee was born in New York City in 1863. He was the son of George Bowen Satterlee (1833–1903) and Sarah Brady Wilcox (b. 1836). His siblings included Marion Satterlee and Richard T. Satterlee.

Through his paternal grandmother, Mary LeRoy (née Livingston) Satterlee (1811–1886), he is a member of the Livingston family and a direct descendant of Robert Livingston, the 1st Lord of Livingston Manor. His second cousin was Henry Yates Satterlee (1843–1908), the first Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C.

Satterlee graduated with a B.S. from Columbia College in 1883, received his M.A. in 1884, and completed his studies at Columbia Law School with a Ph.D. and LL.B. law degree in 1885.

Career

Satterlee was admitted to the bar in New York in 1885, entering the office of Evarts, Choate and Beeman. During the Spanish–American War, he volunteered for duty in the Navy, serving as a lieutenant in the Navy Department in Washington, D.C.

Before and after the war, Satterlee pursued a successful law practice, focused primarily on corporate law and commercial law. Together with George F. Canfield and Harlan Fiske Stone, he was a founding law partner of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone, a predecessor of the present-day firm Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP.

In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt nominated Satterlee as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Satterlee held this office from December 3, 1908, to March 5, 1909. He served as President of The Union League Club from 1938 - 1939.

Satterlee authored several books, including a 1939 biography of his father-in-law entitled J. Pierpont Morgan: An Intimate Portrait.

Personal life

On November 15, 1900, he married Louisa Pierpont Morgan (1866–1946), the oldest daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan. In 1910, Satterlee and his wife purchased the Sotterley Plantation in Hollywood, Maryland. Together, they were the parents of two daughters:

• Mabel Morgan Satterlee (1901–1993), who married Francis Abbott Ingalls II (b. 1895), brother of Laura Ingalls, in 1925.
• Eleanor Morgan Satterlee (1905–1951), who married Milo Sargent Gibbs, the son of Milo Delavan Gibbs, in 1929. They divorced shortly after.

In failing health, Satterlee committed suicide with a pistol shot through his right temple at his apartment at 1 Beekman Place in Manhattan, New York City on July 14, 1947, at the age of 83.

References

References

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8. (2014). "Morgan: American Financier". [[Random House Publishing Group]].
9. [http://www.sotterley.org/ Sotterly Plantation website]
10. (20 September 1926). "MABEL SATTERLEE WEDS F. A. INGALLS; Granddaughter of the Late J. Pierpont Morgan Married in Bar Harbor, TROTH WAS TOLD IN JULY Relatives Only. at the Ceremony Bridegroom, a Harvard Graduate, Served in the World War.". [[The New York Times]].
11. (13 October 1929). "ELEANOR SATTERLEE WEDS MILO S. GIBBS; Niece of J. Pierpont Morgan Is Married at Parents' Summer Home in Greenwich. A LARGE BRIDAL PARTY Reception and Breakfast Follow the Ceremony--Many New Yorkers Are Among Guests.". [[The New York Times]].
12. (4 March 1952). "Mrs. Satterlee Held Fearful of Husband". [[The New York Times]].
13. (July 15, 1947). "H.L. Satterlee Ends Life with a Pistol. Noted Lawyer and Son-in-Law of Elder J.P. Morgan Found Dead in Home Here at 83". [[New York Times]].