John G. Milburn

John George Milburn (December 14, 1851 – August 11, 1930) was a prominent lawyer in Buffalo, New York, and New York City, a president of the New York City Bar Association, and a partner at the law firm Carter Ledyard & Milburn.

Milburn is perhaps best known as the President of the Pan-American Exposition, the 1901 World's Fair in Buffalo. He prepared a suite in his house to host President William McKinley, who was coming to the Exposition. After the president was shot and wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Exposition on September 6, 1901, he was treated at the hospital and brought back to Milburn's home; he died there eight days later.

Because of the event, the house became a popular tourist site. After it passed out of the family, it was later adapted as a hotel; it was demolished in 1957.

Later career In 1904, at the invitation of the prominent attorney Lewis Cass Ledyard, Milburn joined the New York City law firm of Carter, Rollins & Ledyard, which became Carter, Ledyard & Milburn upon his joining. There, Milburn represented many high-profile clients, including Standard Oil, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Metropolitan Street Railway. He also served as president of the New York City Bar Association from 1920 to 1921. Together, they were the parents of three sons:

Devereux Milburn (1881–1942), who married Nancy Gordon Steele (d. 1955) in 1913. John George Milburn, Jr. (1880–1932), also a lawyer. Ralph Milburn (b. 1888), who married Anne Scarborough Hollingsworth, daughter of William Hollingsworth in 1910.

Milburn died on August 11, 1930, at Claridge's Hotel while on a trip to London, England. He was 78 years old. His estate was worth $1,735,059 upon his death. John is buried at Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, New York.

Descendants Through his son John Jr. he was the grandfather of Dorothy Milburn (1907–1985), who married Samuel Sloan Auchincloss, Jr. (1903–1991) (whom she divorced in 1938 and married Frank Ford Russell that same year and Saint-John Perse in 1958), and Patty Milburn (1910–1986), who married Edgar Stirling Auchincloss III (1909–2000), who founded the Country Club of Darien.