Edward Coleman Delafield

Edward Coleman Delafield (July 10, 1878 – April 21, 1976) was an American banker and soldier who served as president of the Bank of America.

Early life Delafield was born on July 10, 1878, in Westhampton, New York. He was a son of Maturin Livingston Delafield (1836–1917) and Mary Coleman (née Livingston) Delafield (1847–1922). Among his siblings were Maturin Livingston Delafield Jr., Joseph Livingston Delafield, John Ross Delafield) (husband of Violetta White Delafield), Julia Livingston (née Delafield) Longfellow, Mary Livingston (née Delafield) Finch, Harriet Coleman (née Delafield) Carter, and Eugene Livingston Delafield.

Delafield graduated from Princeton University in 1899. a stockbroker who married Mary Pierce Lyon (1901–1986) in 1924. After his death, she married John S. Williams in 1947. Margaretta Stocton "Rita" Delafield (1904–1990), who married William Bergh Kip III (1905–1973) in 1926. Mary Delafield (1912–1993), who married Albert Ludlow Kramer Jr. (1907–1971) in June 1931. They divorced in 1935.

In 1928, he remarried to Clelia C. Benjamin (1903–1995). Clelia, a college friend of his daughter Margaretta, was the daughter of Baroness Rachele Maria Carolina "Carina" (née de Saint Seigne) Benjamin of Florence and Walter Romeyn Benjamin, publisher of The Collector, a journal of autographs and history. Clelia's sister Mary was married to Harold Gould Henderson, her grandfather was Park Benjamin Sr. and her uncle was Park Benjamin Jr.

Delafield died at his home in Sarasota, Florida on April 21, 1976.

Descendants Through his son Maturin, he was a grandfather of Mary Lyon (née Delafield) Hoddick (1931–2005) and Maturin Livingston Delafield (1933–2007).

Through his daughter Mary,