William Fellowes Morgan Sr.

William Fellowes Morgan Sr. (September 24, 1860 – May 2, 1943) was an American banker, businessman and politician. He served as president of the Brooklyn Bridge Freezing and Cold Storage Company, which he founded, and as secretary and treasurer of the United States Golf Association and president of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Early life Morgan was born in Clifton, Staten Island on September 24, 1860, and was named after his maternal grandfather. ), Alice Morgan (wife of diplomat John Ridgeley Carter and mother of Mildred, Countess of Gosford and Bernard Carter), and Lewis Henry Morgan. His parents moved to Paris in 1879 and lived there until 1883 before returning to the United States and living in Washington, D.C., until his death in 1886.

His paternal grandparents were Amos Morgan and Betsy (née Jennings) Morgan. Through his sister Alice, he was uncle to Mildred, Countess of Gosford, the wife of Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford. His maternal grandparents were William Fellowes and Caroline (née Davis) Fellowes, who lived in Louisville, Kentucky, but moved north to Staten Island. His maternal uncle, Cornelius Fellowes, was the second husband of Caroline Suydam Whitney.

After completing preparatory studies at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, he spent some time in England playing rugby.

Beatrice Morgan (1886–1951), who married Frederic Pruyn, son of Robert C. Pruyn, in 1907. They divorced and in 1936, she married David Marvin Goodrich, chairman of the board of B. F. Goodrich Company and son of its founder, Benjamin Goodrich. At the time of their wedding, Goodrich had recently divorced his first wife, Ruth Pruyn, the sister of Beatrice's first husband. After her death in 1948, he married Enola Clark "Dodie" Stevens. Pauline "Polly" Morgan (1893–1971), who married Cleveland Earl Dodge, a son of Cleveland Hoadley Dodge, in 1919.

Morgan died on May 2, 1943, at 510 Park Avenue, his residence in Manhattan. After a funeral at St. George's Church in Stuyvesant Square, he was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. His widow died in December 1956.

Affiliations and interests An avid golfer and tennis player, Morgan was secretary and treasurer of the United States Golf Association. He was also a president of the Senior United States Golf Association, Father and Son Golf Association and of the Garden City Golf Club. He was also a member of the Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.

He was a member of the Union Club (where he served as governor), the Knickerbocker Club, the Racquet and Tennis Club, St. Anthony, City Club, the Jekyll Island Club, the Merchants Club as well as the Society of Colonial Wars and other social organizations.