Daniel Lord

For the Catholic priest and writer, see Daniel A. Lord

Daniel Lord (September 23, 1795 – March 4, 1868) was a prominent New York City attorney. His firm was eventually joined by his son-in-law Henry Day and son Daniel Lord Jr. to form Lord Day & Lord. John Jacob Astor was among Lord's clients.^[1]

Early life

Lord was born in Stonington, Connecticut September 23, 1795. He was a son of Phebe (née Crary) Lord (1773–1847) and Dr. Daniel Lord (1767–1845). His father, a doctor, moved the family to New York City while Lord was a toddler.^[2] He graduated from Yale College in 1814.^[3]

Career

Lord was a legal contemporary of Chief Justices Thomas J. Oakley and William Alexander Duer, Chancellors Reuben H. Walworth and James Kent, and Spencer, Wood, Ogden Hoffman, Stevens, Hill, and Bradford.^[4]

In 1818, Lord opened his firm as a solo practitioner. By 1848, he was joined by his son-in-law, Henry Day, and son, Daniel Lord Jr., to form Lord, Day & Lord. John Jacob Astor was among Lord's clients.^[1] The firm operated until October 1994.^[5]

In 1851 he delivered Yale University on Phi Beta Kappa address.^[6]

Personal life

On May 16, 1818, Lord was married to Susan DeForest (1799–1879), a daughter of Lockwood DeForest and Mehitabel (née Wheeler) DeForest. Together, they were the parents of:^[7]

• Daniel DeForest Lord (1819–1894), who married Mary Howard Butler (1823–1880), a daughter of Attorney General Benjamin Franklin Butler, in 1844. After Mary's death, he married Elizabeth Riley.^[7]
• John Crary Lord (1821–1873), who married Margaret Hawley (1825–1909), a daughter of Gideon Hawley, in 1846.^[7]
• Phoebe Lucretia Lord (1823–1890), who married Henry Day in 1849.^[7]
• James Couper Lord (1827–1869), who married Margaretta Hunter Brown (1829–1898), a daughter of banker James Brown of Brown Bros. & Co., in 1852.^[7]
• Sarah Lord (b. 1829), who married Henry C. Howells in 1887.^[7]
• Edward Crary Lord (1831–1892), who married Emily Maria Livingston (1842–1892), a daughter of Gerard William Livingston (grandson of Robert Livingston, 3rd Lord of Livingston Manor),^[8] in 1864.^[7]
• George DeForest Lord (1833–1892), a lawyer who married Frances Theodora Shelton, in 1877.^[3]

Lord died at his home in New York on March 4, 1886.^[4] His death in 1868 was attributed to "paralysis".^[2] After a funeral held at Rev. Dr. Spring's Church at 35th Street and Fifth Avenue, he was buried at the New York Marble Cemetery on Second Avenue in New York.^[9]