Frank Gray Griswold

Frank Gray Griswold (December 21, 1854 – March 30, 1937)

Early life Griswold was born on December 21, 1854, at the family home, 91 Fifth Avenue in New York City. who married Schuyler Van Rensselaer; George Griswold, the vice president and general manager of the Tuxedo Park Association; Louisa Alley Griswold, who married Harald de Raasloff; and Baroness von Sternbeck of Munich.

His paternal grandparents were George Griswold and Maria Matilda (née Cumming) Griswold. The Griswolds were relatives of American bishops Alexander Viets Griswold, Sheldon Munson Griswold, and Frank Griswold. His maternal grandparents were Mary (née Underhill) Alley and Saul Alley, a commissioner of the Croton Aqueduct. A member of the prominent Griswold Family, his family's wealth originated from the China trade as his father and grandfather were merchants with "N. L. and G. Griswold", He was educated in Vienna, Austria He occasionally wrote under the pseudonym "Anthony Ashley, Jr." Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. For several years, he was well known as a cotillion leader, He imported hounds from England and formed the Queen's County Hounds, for which he served as Master for many years. Josephine (née Houghteling) Canfield (1864–1937) at St. Andrews Church in Westminster, London in a small wedding that was attended by U.S. Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. She was the daughter of William DeZeng Houghteling and Marcia Elizabeth (née Stockbridge) Houghteling and the sister of James Lawrence Houghteling, who founded the Episcopal Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Josephine had been widowed in 1904 following the death of her first husband, wealthy engineer and yachtsman Augustus Cass Canfield, who was a grandson of Presidential candidate Lewis Cass. Josephine was the mother of three, including Cass Canfield, the publishing executive who was the longtime president and chairman of Harper & Brothers, later Harper & Row.

The Griswolds owned a large red brick home designed by McKim, Mead & White in Roslyn, New York, known as Cassleigh. Their home was burgled in 1916 and they were robbed of $110,000 worth of jewelry. They later had a home known as Kina in New York and spent much time abroad.

In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described thusly: His widow died shortly thereafter on September 29, 1937.

Published works The Horse and Buggy Days, (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1936 [limited 150 copies]) After thoughts: Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold, (New York Privately printed Norwood, Mass., Plimpton Press, 1936) The Cascapedia Club, (1920) Horses and hounds: Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold, (New York, Dutton, 1926) The life-history of the Atlantic and Pacific salmon of Canada, also by R. D. Hume, (New York, Duttons, 1930) The Memoirs of a Salmon, (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1931) Observations on a Salmon River, (Mineola, L.I., N.Y., Privately printed for Thomas Gibbons, 1922) Observations on a Salmon River, (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1921) Observations on a Salmon River, also by Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice Lansdowne, (Norwood, Mass. Plimpton, 1922) Observations on a Salmon River, (Norwood, Mass. Plimpton Press 1921) Salmo salar (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1929) A salmon river, (New York, Dutton, 1928) Some fish and some fishing, (New York, John Lane Company; London, John Lane, 1921) Sport on land and water: Recollections, (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1913–16) Sport on land and water: Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold, (Norwood, Mass. Privately printed Plimpton Press, 1913–1931), also by John A. Seaverns Equine Collection (Tufts University) Stolen kisses: Recollections of Frank Gray Griswold, (Norwood, Mass. : Privately printed, 1914) The Tarpon, (New York, Privately printed, 1922) French Wines & Havana Cigars, (New York, Duttons, 1926 [limited 300 copies])