Percy Rivington Pyne I


Percy Rivington Pyne I was a migrant from England to the United States. He became president of City National Bank. He was also a director for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and the New Jersey Zinc Company.

Early life

He was born in England on March 8, 1820 to Anna Rivington and Thomas Pyne. He is a collateral descendant of James Rivington, famed Loyalist publisher in New York during the American Revolution.
He was educated at Christ's Hospital boarding school in West Sussex before emigrating to the United States in 1835.

Career

Upon arriving in the United States, Pyne joined Moses Taylor & Co. as a clerk, becoming a partner in 1842. Moses Taylor & Co. specialized in the importation and sale of sugar, focusing on the Cuban trade. Pyne managed the sugar business while Taylor expanded the company into finance, iron, coal and railroads.
After the death of his father-in-law in 1882, Pyne became president of National City Bank, which was founded by Taylor in 1865, serving in that role until 1891 when he was succeeded by James Stillman.

Personal life

In 1855 he married Taylor's daughter Albertina. Their children included two sons and a daughter:
Pyne died in Rome, Italy on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1895.

Descendants

Through his son Percy, he was a grandfather of Grafton Howland Pyne ; Herbert Rivington Pyne, who married Florence Ledyard Blair ; Mary Percy Pyne, who married Oliver Dwight Filley ; Percy Rivington Pyne Jr., a flier with the 103d Aero Squadron during World War I; and Meredith Howland Pyne, who did not marry.