Augustus Newbold Morris

Augustus Newbold Morris or A. N. Morris (June 3, 1838 – September 1, 1906) was a prominent American during the Gilded Age in New York City.

Early life Morris was born on June 3, 1838 to William Henry Morris (1810–1896) Lewis Morris (1726–1798), signor of the Declaration of Independence, from the prominent Colonial-era Morris family of the Morrisania section of the Bronx.

He was a governor, and one of the founders, of the Metropolitan Club, a member of the Union Club of New York, member of the New York Young Republican Club, president of the Suburban Riding and Driving Club, president of the Ridgefield Club, a director of the Coney Island Jockey Club, a director of the National Horse Show Association, a member of the Riding Club, the Automobile Club, and the Delta Phi fraternity.

Personal life The 1885 Morris Residence in Ridgefield, Connecticut, designed by Charles Alling Gifford. On December 10, 1862, Morris was married to Eleanor Colford Jones (1841–1906), daughter of General James I. Jones (1786–1858) and Elizabeth (1817–1874), the older sister of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (1830–1908), also known as "The Mrs. Astor," Mrs. Charles Suydam, and Mrs. John Treat Irving. His wife died at their home, 19 East 64th Street, in April 1906, George Lovett Kingsland Morris (1905–1975), a painter who married Suzy Frelinghuysen, and Stephanus "Stephen" Van Cortlandt Morris (1909–1984), a diplomat.