Lloyd Bryce

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American politician (1851–1917)

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Field	Value
name	Lloyd Bryce
image	Lloyd Bryce.jpg
office2	U.S. Minister to the Netherlands
president2	William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
term_start2	November 16, 1911
term_end2	September 10, 1913
predecessor2	Arthur M. Beaupre
successor2	Henry van Dyke
office1	U.S. Minister to Luxembourg
term_start1	December 7, 1911
term_end1	September 10, 1913
predecessor1	Arthur M. Beaupre
successor1	Henry van Dyke
president1	William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
state3	New York
district3	7th
term_start3	March 4, 1887
term_end3	March 3, 1889
preceded3	John J. Adams
succeeded3	Edward J. Dunphy
birth_name	Lloyd Stephens Bryce
birth_date
birth_place	Flushing, New York
death_date
death_place	Mineola, New York
parents	Joseph Smith Bryce
spouse
children	3, including Edith
party	Democratic
alma_mater	Georgetown University
Christ Church, Oxford
Columbia Law School
allegiance	United States
branch	New York State Militia
rank	Brigadier General
signature	Signature of Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851–1917).png
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Lloyd Stephens Bryce (September 20, 1851 – April 2, 1917) was an American diplomat and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1887 to 1889. He was also an author and magazine editor.

Early life

Lloyd Stephens Bryce was born in Flushing, New York on September 20, 1851. His father, Joseph Smith Bryce (1808–1901), graduated third in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1829, Robert E. Lee was second, and served as a Union Army Major in the Civil War, engaged in the defense of Washington, D.C.

Lloyd's sister was Clemence Smith Bryce, who married Nicholas Fish, the U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Belgium, and was the mother of Hamilton Fish II. He was a nephew of John L. Stevens, U.S. Minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii.

He attended Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees. Bryce also studied at Columbia Law School.

Career

Bryce was an avid sports enthusiast, and wrote that sports were capable of quelling revolutionary thought among the poor and promoting understanding between nations. He was a frequent participant in polo matches in Newport, Rhode Island and Manhattan and fox hunts on Long Island.

Political career

Bryce, a Democrat, became interested in politics. In 1886, Governor David B. Hill appointed him to the governor's staff as Paymaster General of the militia with the rank of Brigadier General, a largely ceremonial position. Afterwards he was known as General Bryce.

Bryce was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.

He was appointed Minister to the Netherlands on August 12, 1911, and he served until September 10, 1913.

Writer and editor

His friend C. Allen Thorndike Rice, the editor and owner of the North American Review, died unexpectedly in 1889 and left the magazine to Bryce in his will. Bryce was the owner and editor from 1889 to 1896.

Influenced by his experience in Congress he wrote an early "Yellow Peril" story, called Dream of Conquest for the June 1889 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. His other published works include: Paradise: A Novel (1888); Romance of an Alter Ego (1889); Friends in Exile (1893); and Lady Blanche's Salon (1899).

Family

In 1879, he married Edith Cooper (1854–1916), the only child of New York City Mayor Edward Cooper, and granddaughter of the famous industrialist Peter Cooper. Together, they were the parents of:

Edith Claire Bryce (1880–1960), who married President of the New York Public Service Commission John Sergeant Cram (1851–1936)
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (1881–1960), who married conservationist Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946), the first Chief of the United States Forest Service under Theodore Roosevelt, in 1914.
Peter Cooper Bryce (1889–1964), who married Angelica Schuyler Brown (1890–1980), of the Brown banking family, in 1917.

Bryce died in Mineola, New York, April 2, 1917, and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. The bulk of his estate, worth $1,665,061, was left to his two daughters, with his son receiving all his paintings, including a portrait by Godfrey Kneller, books, engravings, and clothing. His home at 1025 Fifth Avenue was left to his children in four equal shares, two to his son and one to each of his daughters.

Descendants

His grandson, Henry Sergeant Cram (1907–1997), married Edith Kingdon Drexel (1911–1934), the granddaughter of Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. and George Jay Gould I, in 1930. Cram later married Ruth Vaux, a granddaughter of Richard Vaux, after his first wife's death. His granddaughter, Edith Bryce Cram (1908–1972), married Arthur Gerhard in 1950.

References

"Bruce, Lloyd Stewart".
(August 29, 1878). "Polo at Newport". [[The New York Times]].
(October 16, 1899). "Ex-Gov. Morton Entertains". [[The New York Times]].
(September 4, 1900). "Burglar in Newport Cottage". [[The New York Times]].
"BRYCE, Lloyd Stephens (1851-1917)". [[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]].
(June 25, 1912). "Notes of Foreign Affairs". [[The New York Times]].
(June 1, 1879). "A Bright May Wedding – Marriage of Miss Cooper and Mr. L.S. Bryce – The Scenes and Services at All Souls' Church Reception at the House of Mr. Peter Cooper – A Few of the Guests". [[The New York Times]].
(April 3, 1918). "Mrs. Bryce Left $6,921,810 – Estate Goes to Children and Grandchildren". [[The New York Times]].
(August 24, 1899). "Mrs. Lloyd Bryce Buys Eighty Acres". [[The New York Times]].
(June 7, 1916). "Mrs. Bryce's Estate Left to Family". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
(June 7, 1916). "Mrs. Bryce Left $3,000,000. Husband and Son Principal Beneficiaries Under Will". The New York Times.
(February 29, 1960). "Mrs. J.S. Cram of Peace House Founder of Pacifist Group Dies". [[New York Times]].
(January 23, 1936). "Funeral for J. S. Cram – Rites for Former Public Service Commissioner in Grace Church". [[The New York Times]].
(September 10, 1960). "Mrs. Gifford Pinchot Is Dead; Widow of Governor Was 79; Ran for Congress Twice - Sought Husband's Post in Pennsylvania in 1934". [[The New York Times]].
(August 16, 1914). "Gifford Pinchot Weds Miss Bryce – Progressive Senatorial Nominee Marries Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Bryce – Quiet Nuptials at Roslyn – Col. and Mrs. Roosevelt, ex-Ambassador Bacon, and Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Garfield Among Guests". [[The New York Times]].
"Cornelia Bryce Pinchot (1881 - 1960)". United States Department of Agriculture {{!}} Forest Service.
(July 28, 2009). "The Bryce Estate". [[Santa Barbara Independent]].
(April 8, 1917). "Her Wedding Is Hastened By War – Miss Angelica Schuyler Brown Marries Peter Cooper Bryce of Squadron A – A Quiet Home Ceremony – Guests Include Attendants Chosen for Church Nuptial – Bridegroom Son of Ex-Minister to The Hague". [[The New York Times]].
(October 25, 1918). "Bryce Estate Appraised – Ex-Minister to Netherlands Left Property Worth $1,665,061". [[The New York Times]].
(April 11, 1917). "Lloyd Bryce Left $100,000 – Bulk of Ex-Minister's Estate Was Left to His Two Daughters". [[The New York Times]].
(May 6, 1931). "Edith Drexel Weds H. Sergeant Cram – Members of Two Prominent Families Married in St Bartholomew's – Society Fills the Edifice – Floral Decorations Elaborate--Bride Has Nine Attendants--Many Philadelphians Present". [[The New York Times]].
(October 8, 1936). "Henry Cram to Wed; Miss Ruth Vaux – Son of Mrs. J. Sergeant Cram of New York Is Affianced to Philadelphia Girl". [[The New York Times]].
(March 26, 1950). "Edith Bryce Cram Is Wed in Chapel – Descendant of Peter Cooper Bride of Arthur Gerhard at Church of Heavenly Rest". [[The New York Times]].

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