Edwin G. Merrill

Edwin Godfrey Merrill (November 21, 1873 – January 16, 1950) was an American banker who served as President of the Bank of New York from 1922 to 1931.

Early life Merrill was born on November 21, 1873 at Bangor, Maine where his father and grandfather were bankers.

His paternal grandparents were Elias Merrill, who served in the U.S. Civil War, and Emma Augusta ( Hobbs) Merrill (a daughter of Isaac Hobbs). His maternal grandparents were Edwin Dudley Godfrey and Harriet Sophia ( Rice) Godfrey.

After attending Philips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire,

Career After a year traveling around Europe, he joined his father's firm, Merrill & Co., in Bangor in 1896. Two years later he moved to New York City, briefly working with Kountze Brothers, before joining Estabrook & Co. with whom he was affiliated until 1901 when he returned to Maine to become managing partner of the family firm. In 1903, he organized the Merrill Trust Company and, in 1905, he became president of the Veazie National Bank when it merged with Merrill Trust. After his death in 1963, she married Donald Fairfax Bush Jr. in 1964. Dudley Merrill (1904–1988), who married Katherine Park, a daughter of Charles Francis Park Jr., in 1932. Adele Katte Merrill (1909–1983), who married Charlton Francis MacVeagh, a son of Ambassador Charles MacVeagh and brother to Lincoln MacVeagh, in 1929. Priscilla Godfrey Merrill (1915–1987), who married Dr. F. Rene Murad in 1936. Elizabeth Britton Merrill (1917–1993), who married her cousin, Edwin Britton Katte in 1936.

Merrill died in Manhattan at his home, 943 Lexington Avenue, on January 16, 1950.