Edward Neufville Tailer

Edward Neufville Tailer (July 20, 1830 – February 15, 1917)

Early life Tailer was born on July 20, 1830, in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. He was the son of New York merchant His younger brothers included lawyer Henry Austin Tailer, who was born in 1833, and William Hallett Tailer, who was born in 1842.

His grandfather was Edward Neufville Tailer, Sr. and they were all descendants of Sir William Tailer, a colonial governor of Massachusetts.

Tailer was educated at the well known "Penquest's French school" located on Bank street. on Broad Street. In his travels, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean more than forty times.

Society life Tailer was a member of the controversial "Four Hundred" of New York Society, Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. In 1874, he joined the Patriarchs, a group of the city's elite men that was established by McAllister. He succeeded James Alexander Hamilton.

Personal life Tailer was married to Agnes Suffern (1830–1917), the daughter of Thomas Suffern, an Irish immigrant who made a fortune importing Irish linens. They lived in a house at 11 Washington Square North built in 1834 by her father,

Agnes Suffern Tailer (1858–1932), who married Henry Lawrence Burnett (1838–1916) in 1882 at the Church of the Ascension. Mary Tailer (1863–1944), who married Robert Reginald Livingston (1858–1899) of Northwood, the brother of architect Goodhue Livingston and grandson of Lt. Governor Edward Philip Livingston, in 1884. Thomas Suffern Tailer (1866–1928), who married Maude Louise Lorillard (1876–1922), the daughter of Pierre Lorillard IV, in 1893. They divorced, and he married Harriet Stewart Brown (1884–1953), daughter of Baltimore banker Alexander Brown, in 1909. After his death, his widow married C. Ledyard Blair. Laura Suffern Tailer (1869–1887), who died young. Frances Bogert "Fannie" Tailer (1884–1953), who married Sydney Johnston Smith (1868–1949), a cotton broker and sportsman, They also divorced.

Tailer died in New York City on February 15, 1917. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. His wife died shortly thereafter on March 17, 1917, reportedly overcome by grief for the loss of her husband.

Descendants Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Assemblyman Robert Reginald Livingston Jr. Through his daughter Frances, he was a grandfather of Earl Edward Tailer Smith (1903–1991), a diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Cuba as well as the mayor of Palm Beach, Florida.