Edward King

Edward King (July 30, 1833 – November 18, 1908) Among his siblings was banker Archibald Gracie King. At the time of his birth, his father was serving as President of New York and Erie Railroad and later became a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.

His paternal grandparents were Mary (née Alsop) King, a daughter of John Alsop (a prominent merchant and Continental Congressman) and Rufus King, the first U.S. Senator from New York and the 3rd and 8th U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom (under Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams). His maternal grandfather was Archibald Gracie, a Scottish-born shipping magnate and early American businessman and merchant in New York City and Virginia.

King was educated at Columbia Grammar School, later attending a French school in New York run by Peugnet (a former officer under Napoleon). He later went to Europe and studied at a school in Meiningen in the Province of Saxony. He returned to the United States in 1849 and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1853. serving in that role until his death. He was also a member of the University Club, the Century Association, the Riding Club and the Ardsley Club. Isabella was the daughter of Rupert John Cochran and Isabella Macomb (née Clarke) Cochrane. Together, they resided at 1 University Place in New York City and were the parents of six children, including: James Gore King (1868–1932), who married Sarah Erving, a daughter of John Erving and Cornelia (née Van Rensselaer) Erving, in 1896. Rupert Cochrane King (1873–1918), who married Grace Marvin, a daughter of Selden Marvin and Catharine (née Parker) Marvin, in 1901.

After the death of his first wife on March 1, 1873, he remarried to Elizabeth Fisher (1847–1937), a daughter of William and Julia (née Palmer) Fisher of Philadelphia, on May 26, 1885.