Henry Beekman Livingston

Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 3, 1854 – September 8, 1931) and Mary Lawrence (née Livingston) Livingston (1821–1883). His siblings included Walter L. Livingston and Margaret Lewis Livingston ("one of the five most beautiful debutantes of her time in society"), who married John Lawrence Lee. His father, who inherited the most valuable share of his grandmother's estate, 68-72 Leonard Street, went into business as Foster & Livingston,

His paternal grandparents were Judge Maturin Livingston and Margaret (née Lewis) Livingston, the only daughter and sole heiress of Gov. Morgan Lewis. His uncles included Robert James Livingston and Maturin Livingston Jr. His aunt, Angelica Livingston was married to Alexander Hamilton Jr., son of James Alexander Hamilton and grandson of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. His maternal grandparents were John Swift Livingston, a son of Robert "Cambridge" Livingston and grandson of Robert Livingston.

Livingston attended boarding school at C. D. Morris' in Lake Mohegan, New York, and then entered Yale University with the class of 1877. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. Livingston was related and close with many of the most prominent people in New York society as the guests at his second wedding attest, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Maturin Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Van Rensselaer, Mr. Campbell Steward, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schuyler, Mrs. William Morgan and the Misses Morgan. His first marriage was on September 27, 1876, to Stephanie Jacqueline Fox (1853–1878), the daughter of Samuel Fox and Marie Adelaide (née Livingston) Fox. Before her death in 1878, they were the parents of:

After his first wife's death, Livingston was remarried to Frances Redmond (1849–1916), Frances was a sister of Goold Hoyt Redmond and a grand-niece of Jesse Hoyt, a Collector of the Port of New York who was known for his role in the Swartwout-Hoyt scandal. In New York, his home was at 63 East 82nd Street and he had a country home in Islip on Long Island. Together, they were the parents of: He later resided at 47 East 64th Street in New York. His funeral was held in Hyde Park, New York and he was buried at St. James Church Cemetery. who received stock in the Amsterdam Investment Company and the Importers' Building Company. A great-grandson, Reginald Frost, received a $2,400 annuity until he was 21 years old at which point he received the principal of the fund. Evelina Hollins (b. 1906); Hope Hollins (1907–1970), who was engaged to the English explorer Frank Bickerton in 1931 but broke the engagement in May before the June wedding; Henry Bowly "Harry" Hollins (1909–1991), who first married Elizabeth Wolcott Elkins (daughter of William M. Elkins) in 1931, and later married author Elizabeth Morgan Jay (1911–1991) in 1948, a descendant of Edwin D. Morgan and John Jay and the former wife of artist Stephen Etnier; Jean Hollins (b. 1910); and Robert Livingston Hollins (b. 1912).