Clarence Mackay

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Clarence Hungerford Mackay (April 17, 1874 – November 12, 1938) was an American financier, believed to inherit most of a $500 million estate in 1902. He was the son of John W. Mackay, a silver miner turned telegraph mogul. In 1926, Clarence Mackay's daughter Ellin married Irving Berlin against her father's wishes and he disinherited her. Clarence and his wife Katherine had a home in New York City as well as the celebrated Harbor Hill in Roslyn, Long Island, designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead, and White. It was the largest home White ever designed.

Mackay was a noted collector of medieval suits of armor, some of which he sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the early 1930s.

An aviation trophy, administered by the United States National Aeronautic Association and awarded yearly by the United States Air Force for the "most meritorious flight of the year" by an Air Force person, persons, or organization, is named in Mackay's honor.