Mellon family

The Mellon family is a wealthy and influential family originally of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, and its vicinity. In addition to Mellon Bank they were principally known for their control over Gulf Oil, Alcoa, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Koppers, as well as their major influence on Westinghouse, H.J. Heinz, Newsweek, U.S. Steel, Credit Suisse First Boston and General Motors. The family also founded the National Gallery in both art and funds, claims the longest serving U.S. Treasury Secretary, and is a patron to the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, and with art the University of Virginia. Carnegie Mellon, and its Mellon College of Science, is named in honor of the family as well as for its founder, Andrew Carnegie, who was a close associate of the Mellons.

The family was founded by Judge Thomas Mellon (1813–1908),^[1] a son of Andrew Mellon and Rececca Wauchob who were farmers from Camp Hill Cottage, Lower Castletown, parish of Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The family can be divided into four branches:

• Thomas Mellon (1813–1908), Judge and founder of the Mellon Bank who married Sarah Jane Negley
  • James Ross Mellon, who married Rachel Larimer
    • William Larimer Mellon, Sr. (1868–1949) who married Mary Hill Taylor
      • Rachel Mellon Walton (1899–2006) who married John Walton, Jr.
      • Margaret Mellon Hitchcock
      • William Larimer Mellon, Jr. (1910–1989), founder of the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
      • Matthew T. Mellon II (1964 -) is the Chairman of the Republican Party Finance of New York, and is a Regent Director of Finance for the Republican National Committee. Mr Mellon has founded or participated in multiple start ups such as Jimmy Choo, Harrys of London, Hanley Mellon, Marquis Jets, Arrival Aviation and Challenge Capital Partners. Mr Mellon lives in New York with his wife Nicole Hanley Mellon and their newborn baby son, Force. He also has a daughter, Araminta who he raises jointly with his former wife Tamara Mellon.
        • Karl N. Mellon
          • Christopher Mellon (1958 -)
  • Andrew William Mellon (1855–1937), one of the longest serving U.S. Treasury Secretaries in history
    • Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969) who married David K. E. Bruce
    • Paul Mellon (1907–1999) who married Rachel Lambert Mellon (1910-)
      • Timothy Mellon
      • Catherine Conover Mellon
  • Richard Beatty Mellon (1858–1933), American banker, industrialist and philanthropist
    • Richard King Mellon (1899–1970)
    • Sarah Mellon (1903–1965) who married Alan Scaife
      • Richard Mellon Scaife (1932- ) chief sponsor of the Heritage Foundation and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
  • Thomas Alexander Mellon

References

1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Dan (July 01, 2007). "Mellon family's legacy lives on". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07182/798280-28.stm.