Edwin Brockholst Livingston

Edwin Brockholst Livingston (1852-1929) was an amateur historian. His lifetime work was the research and publication of the genealogy of the Scottish Livingston family of Callendar, and the offshoots of the family that sought their fortune in colonial America. These included, Robert “the Founder”,[1] Governor William Livingston of New Jersey and his brother Philip who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Judge Robert R. Livingston of Clermont and his son, plus Edward Livingston, the friend and adviser of Andrew Jackson.[2]

The first publication of Edwin’s research (privately printed in 1887) was limited to the early history of the family in Scotland. It was titled: The Livingstons of Callendar, and their Principal Cadets - a Family History, revised and republished in 1921.[3] Edwin continued his research, corresponding widely including an exchange of letters with Theodore Roosevelt.[4]

In 1910 Edwin published the next edition of his work titled: The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: being the history of that branch of the Scottish house of Callendar which settled in the English province of New York during the reign of Charles the Second; and also including an account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a settler in the same province, and his principal descendants.[5] Edwin’s final publication was in 1927 titled: The Captain of Stirling Castle James Livingston, in collaboration with James Livingston.[6]

Edwin's Background

Edwin Brockholst Livingston was a shipping insurance broker living in London.[7] His grandfather was Jasper Hall Livingston from Jamaica (a descendant from Philip "the signer")[8] who had married Eliza, the daughter of judge Henry Brockholst Livingston from his first marriage to Catherine Keteltas. Edwin married a granddaughter of Judge Livingston - Alice Mary Power - whose mother was the youngest daughter of the Judge from his third marriage to Catherine Seaman. Alice's father was Irish politician Maurice Power, Member of Parliament for Cork (1847-1852) and Lieutenant General for St Lucia (1852-1857).[9]

Edwin died in his daughter's (Cornelia de la Poer Van Pallandt) Chateau Montalegre near Geneva on 14 May 1929.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Clermont State Historic Site". Sorting out the Livingston Men. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "The American Historical Review - 1910". Jstor. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Scottish Historical Review". Jstor. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Livingston, Edwin Brockholst, b. 1852". Correspondence. Theodore Roosevelt Center. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Livingstons of Livingston manor". Internet Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "The captain of Stirling Castle". Open Library. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. ↑ Census records: 1881; 1891; 1901
  8. ↑ "Jasper Hall Livingston". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. UCL.
  9. ↑ "The Livingstons of Livingston manor;". HathiTrust’s digital library. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "Deaths". The Times. 20 May 1929.
  11. ↑ "Edwin Brockhurst Livingston Death 1929 Geneva". Flickr.