George Henry Warren II


George Henry Warren II was a New York City stockbroker and real estate developer.

Early life

George Henry Warren II was born in Troy, New York to George Henry Warren and Mary Caroline Phoenix, the sister of Lloyd Phoenix and daughter of U.S. Representative Jonas Phillips Phoenix, who were married on April 29, 1851 in New York City.
G. H. Warren II had nine brothers and sisters, all born from the same father and mother, including: Mary Ida Warren, Harriette Louise Warren, Emeline Whitney Dore Warren, Whitney Phoenix Warren, Edmund Warren, Anna Phoenix Warren, a twin who died young, Whitney Warren, a twin who became a prominent architect, Edith Caroline Warren, and Lloyd Eliot Warren, also an architect.
Warren graduated from Columbia University in 1880 and then Columbia Law School.

Career

After graduating from Law School, Warren decided not to practice law, instead he went into business in the 1890s as a stockbroker on the New York Stock Exchange with Thomas Fortune Ryan, founding the firm of Lee, Ryan & Warren.
Later, Warren became a real estate developer, founding the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company that owned the Metropolitan Opera then located at 1411 Broadway and West 39th Street.
He was a director of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company as well as the Metropolitan Trust Company.

Personal life

On May 14, 1885, Warren was married to Georgia "Daisy" Williams in New York City. They lived in New York City and at "Seafield", their residence in Newport, Rhode Island. Together, they were the parents of:
Warren died at his home, 924 Fifth Avenue in New York City, on June 3, 1943.