Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924)

Infobox Person
name = Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848–1924)


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birth_date = September 30, 1848
birth_place = Newark, New Jersey
death_date = January 1, 1924
death_place = New York
occupation = Aviator
spouse = Estelle B. Kinney
parents = Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen
children = George G. Frelinghuysen II
Estelle C. Frelinghuysen
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Thomas Frelinghuysen
Theodore Frelinghuysen.

Frederick Frelinghuysen (September 30, 1848 – January 1, 1924) was the president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey for 25 years. cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Frederick Frelinghuysen. Ex-President of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Dies. |url= |work= |publisher=New York Times |date=January 2, 1924, Wednesday |accessdate=2007-05-30 ]

Biography

He was the son of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, and was born in Newark, New Jersey. His brother was George Griswold Frelinghuysen (1851-1936). He graduated from Rutgers College in 1868 and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1871 and as a counselor in 1874. He married Estelle B. Kinney on July 23, 1902 and lived in Elberon, New Jersey. They had four sons and one daughter including: George Griswold Frelinghuysen II, who married Anne de Smolianinof; Estelle C. Frelinghuysen; Frederick Frelinghuysen; Thomas Frelinghuysen; and Theodore Frelinghuysen. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=G.G. Frelinghuysen Weds Russian Girl. Anne de Smolianinoff, Daughter of Former Grand Master of Imperial Court, His Bride. |publisher=New York Times |date=December 14, 1934 |accessdate=2007-05-30 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Obtains Decree in Reno; Former Anne de Smolianinof Divorces G. G. Frelinghuysen |url= |quote=Mrs. Anne de Smolianinoff Frelinghuysen obtained a divorce here today from George Griswold Frelinghuysen of Princeton, New Jersey, on grounds of cruelty. They were married on December 12, 1934, in Los Angeles. |publisher=The New York Times |date=June 7, 1938 |accessdate=2007-05-30 ]

He became president of the Howard Savings Institution. He resigned that post to become president of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.

He died in the Post Graduate Hospital in 1923 after a three week illness.

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