C. Temple Emmet

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Emmet was born on July 8, 1868, in Pelham, New York. He was one of ten children born to William Jenkins Emmet (1826–1905) and Julia Colt (née Pierson) Emmet (1829–1908). His siblings included Robert Temple Emmet,{{cite news |title=COL. R. T. EMMET, 81, DIES OF PNEUMONIA; Honored With Congressional Medal for His Services in Indian Wars. WAS KIN OF IRISH PATRIOT Uncle of Robert E. Sherwood, Playwright, and Father of Naval Officer. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/10/26/110049293.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=26 October 1936}} who was awarded the Medal of Honor;{{cite news|title=Mrs. Robert Temple Emmet|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/02/28/96876959.pdf|accessdate=June 12, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 28, 1920}} Rosina Hubley Emmet, a painter who was the mother of playwright Robert E. Sherwood;{{cite book |last1=Corn |first1=Wanda M. |last2=Garfinkle |first2=Charlene G. |last3=Madsen |first3=Annelise K. |title=Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition |date=2011 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520241114 |page=205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SlAlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA205 |accessdate=24 July 2019 |language=en}} William LeRoy Emmet, an electrical engineer;{{cite news |title=W. L. EMMET, 82, ENGINEER, IS DEAD; Inventor of Own 'Prime Mover' and Mercury Vapor Power Process Stricken in Erie |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/09/27/99318382.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 1941}} Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect;{{cite news |title=DEVEREUX EMMET, REALTY MAN, DIES; Irish Patriot's Kin Was Noted as Designer and Builder of Near-By Golf Courses. OF DISTINGUISHED FAMILY Vice President of Concern That Developed Large Tracts in Garden City, L. I. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/12/31/94590528.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1934}} Richard Stockton Emmet; Lydia Field Emmet, a prominent portraitist;{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Martha H. |title=Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists |date=2018 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |isbn=9781496815934 |page=458 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GtRSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT458 |accessdate=24 July 2019 |language=en}} and Jane Erin Emmet,{{cite news |title=JANE DE GLEHN IS DEAD; Painter, 87, Was the Widow of English Portraitist |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/02/21/101449433.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=21 February 1961}} also a prominent portraitist who married British impressionist painter Wilfrid de Glehn.{{cite news |title=Wilfrid G. De Glehn |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/05/18/89439816.pdf |accessdate=24 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=18 May 1951}}

His maternal grandparents were Josiah Gilbert Pierson and Julia Boudinot (née Colt) Pierson and his paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Emmet and Rosina (née Hubley) Emmet. His father was a grandson of New York Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet. Two of his uncles, Richard Stockton Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet, were married to sisters, Katharine "Kitty" Temple and Ellen James "Bay" Temple, both first cousins of British author Henry James.{{cite book |last1=James |first1=Henry |title=The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884 |date=2018 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |isbn=9781496206435 |pages=92–93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITF3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 |accessdate=24 July 2019 |language=en}}

After preparing at Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec, and Stevens High School, Emmet attended the Yale Forestry School and the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he graduated from with a M.E. degree in 1891.

After taking a law degree, he practiced law for a short period of time before travelling to Europe, later spending much of his time there. He served during the Spanish–American War, and during World War I, he was a Red Cross official and training officer. He was also a member of Squadron A of the New York National Guard.

At a time when skiing was relatively unknown in the United States, Emmet was one of the first Americans to go skiing in Norway and Switzerland. He was also one of the first members of the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York City, and the Academy of Sciences, the American Geographical Society, the National Geographic Society, the New York Zoological Society, the American Museum of Natural History, the American Forestry Association, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Audubon Society, the Knickerbocker Club, the St. Anthony Club of New York, the Tobique Salmon Club, and the Ore Hill Shooting Club.

The Emmets lived at The Mallows, an estate located in Stony Brook, New York, at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The Colonial revival home was designed in 1906 by architect Charles A. Platt, finished in stucco with wooden detailing at the principal doorways, roof cornice and porch.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8708|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: The Mallows|date=July 1992|accessdate=2010-02-20 |author=Kathleen LaFrank|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=8722|title=Accompanying four photos}} At the Mallows, he "engaged in farming."

On October 27, 1896, Emmet was married to Alida Beekman Chanler (1873–1969) at Red Hook, New York, by the Bishop of New York.{{cite news |title=MARRIED. EMMET-CHANLER |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/10/28/108259100.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=October 28, 1896 |language=en}} Alida was the daughter of former U.S. Representative John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (née Ward) Chanler. Among Alida's siblings were John Armstrong Chaloner,{{cite book|last1=Lucey|first1=Donna M.|title=Archie and Amélie: Love and Madness in the Gilded Age|date=2007|publisher=Three Rivers Press|isbn=9780307351456|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhCRoXp8bsYC&q=Archie+and+Amelie:+Love+and+Madness|accessdate=22 February 2018|language=en}} Winthrop Astor Chanler; Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler (wife of John Jay Chapman); William Astor Chanler (who married Beatrice Ashley); Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (who married Julia Lynch Olin); Margaret Livingston Chanler (who married Richard Aldrich){{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=18980908&id=ImIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jCAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788,5149380 |title="Margaret Astor Chanler, Heroine of Porto Rico," Milwaukee Journal, Sept 8, 1898, p. 5. |access-date=2019-09-04 |archive-date=2016-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312100126/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=18980908&id=ImIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jCAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2788,5149380 |url-status=dead }} and Robert Winthrop Chanler (who married Lina Cavalieri).{{cite news |title=R. W. Chanler Dead. Eminent As Artist. Picturesque Figure in Life of the Metropolis Succumbs at Country Home at 57. Came of a Noted Family. Former Husband of Lina Cavalieri. Had Once Been Dutchess County Sheriff. Famed for His Murals. Of Distinguished Ancestry. Mural in Luxembourg Museum. Entertained on Large Scale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/25/archives/rw-chanler-dead-eminent-as-artist-picturesque-figure-in-life-of-the.html |quote=Robert Winthrop Chanler, noted artist, died at 1:30 this morning after a long illness. Mr. Chanler had been in a coma for twelve hours..... |agency=Associated Press |work=New York Times |date=October 25, 1930 |accessdate=2013-12-12 }} Together, they were the parents of nine children, including:{{cite book |last1=Forestry |first1=Yale University Dept of |last2=Forestry |first2=Yale University School of |title=Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Forest School: With Introductory Papers on Yale in the Forestry Movement and the History of the Yale Forest School |date=1913 |publisher=Yale Forest School |page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalrec00foregoog/page/n57 39] |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalrec00foregoog |accessdate=4 September 2019 |language=en}}

• Elizabeth Winthrop Emmet (1897–1934),{{cite news |title=MRS. E. D. ORGAH OF WESTBURY DIES; Descend ant of Thorn as Emmet, Irish Patriot, and First John Jacob Astor, ,WAS A PORTRAIT PAINTER Yier Work Was Exhibited in a Gallery Here -- She Was a Member of Colony Club |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/02/09/94491787.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=9 February 1934}} who married Edwin D. Morgan Jr. (1890–1954), a descendant of Edwin D. Morgan, the 21st Governor of New York, a U.S. Senator, and the longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee.{{cite news |title=MISS EMMET WEDS E.D. MORGAN JR.; Large Bridal Party in St. Bartholomew's at Nuptial of C.T. Emmet's Daughter.MISS FANNY FORD A BRIDEMarried to Thomas S. Thomas inChurch of Transfiguration--Miss Elena Peck Weds L.H. Earle. Thomas-Ford. Earle-Peck. MacPherson-Gray. Remsen--Sherman. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/02/15/118262476.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=15 February 1920}}
• Margaret Chanler Emmet (1899–{{Circa|1970}}), who married Francis Harrison Kinnicutt (1875–1939).{{cite news |title=MISS EMMET WED TO F.H. KINNICUTT; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Temple Emmet Is Married in St. James's Church, St. James, L.I. SISTER IS ONLY ATTENDANT Reception Is Held at Emmet Home In Stony Brook--Bride Is Kin of John Jacob Astor |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/08/23/118418210.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=August 23, 1931 |page=N5}} After his death, she married John Benton Prosser in 1941.{{cite news |title=MRS. F.H. KINNICUTT BECOMES A BRIDE; Widow, Daughter of C. Temple Emmets, Is Married Here to John Benton Prosser |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1941/08/12/99314597.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=12 August 1941}}
• Christopher Temple Emmet Jr. (1900–1974){{cite news |title=Christopher T. Emmet Is Dead; Writer on Totalitarianism, 73 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/02/13/91433864.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=13 February 1974}}
• Hester Alida Emmet (1901–1965),{{cite news |title=Obituary 1 -- No Title |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/19/97187940.html?pageNumber=35 |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=March 19, 1965 |language=en}} who married architect John Louis Bancel LaFarge,{{cite book |last1=Aldrich |first1=Margaret Chanler |title=Family Vista: The Memoirs of Margaret Chanler Aldrich |date=2018 |publisher=Pickle Partners Publishing |isbn=9781789127676 |page=352 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNemDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT352 |accessdate=4 September 2019 |language=en}} a grandson of artist John La Farge.{{cite news |title=HESTER A. EMMET ENGAGED TO MARRY; Descendant of John Jacob Astor to Wed Louis B. La Farge, Architect, This Month |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/07/20/91697157.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=20 July 1928}}{{cite news |title=HESTER EMMET WED TO LOUIS B. LA FARGE; The Bride of Architect at Summer Home of Her Parentsin Stony Brook, L.I.EVELYN DOTZLER MARRIES Alderman's Daughter Wed to Lieut.Joseph George Felber, U.S.A. --Other Marriages. Felber--Dotzler. Scott--Rothschild. Levine--Green. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/07/29/121605529.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=29 July 1928}}
• Egerton Chanler Emmet (1907–1907), who died in infancy.
• Jane Erin Emmet (1908–1997)
• Winthrop Stuyvesant Emmet (1910–2001), who married four times.{{cite news |title=MRS. EVELYN C. HITT WED TO NAVY OFFICER; Becomes Bride in Greenwich of Lieut. Winthrop S. Emmet |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1943/03/18/83906625.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=18 March 1943}}
• William Patten Emmet (1911–1977)
• Thomas Addis Emmet (1915–1990), who lived at Amberley Castle in Sussex, England.

Emmet died on July 22, 1957, at his home in Stony Brook overlooking the Long Island Sound.{{cite news |title=C. Temple Emmet, Skier, Lawyer, 89 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/07/25/84741098.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=25 July 1957}} His widow died on August 31, 1969, and after a mass at St. Philip and James Roman Catholic Church, she was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Hauppauge, New York.{{cite news |title=Deaths. EMMET--Mrs. C. Temple |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1969/09/02/89367222.pdf |accessdate=4 September 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=2 September 1969}}

Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Edwin D. Morgan III (1921–2001),{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Edwin D. Morgan, 80, Businessman Who Befriended Writers in Paris|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/03/news/03iht-obits_ed3__0.html|accessdate=26 March 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 3, 2001}} who married Nancy Marie Whitney, the daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Marie Norton Harriman (the second wife of New York governor W. Averell Harriman). Her paternal grandparents were Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, an artist and the founder of the Whitney Museum in New York City.{{cite news|title=Quiet Whitney Wedding |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/03/02/105904126.pdf |accessdate=February 17, 2015 |work=The New York Times|date=March 2, 1923}}

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