George L. Rives George Lockhart Rives , was an American lawyer, politician, and author who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1887 to 1889.Early life Rives was born in New York City on May 1, 1849. He was the son of Francis Robert Rives and Matilda Antonia Rives. Among his siblings was Ella Louise Rives King , Francis Robert Rives, Maud Antonia Rives Smith , Constance Evelyn Rives Borland , and Reginald William Rives . His father was the secretary of the American legation at London under U.S. Minister to Great Britain Edward Everett during the William Henry Harrison administration. Rives was a descendant of the Schuyler , the Van Cortlandt and the Delancey families. His paternal grandparents were Judith Page Rives, who inherited the Castle Hill plantation in Virginia from her father Francis Walker , and William Cabell Rives , a U.S. Senator and Minister to France who studied law under Thomas Jefferson and was a friend of James Madison . George's uncle was noted engineer Alfred Landon Rives and his first cousin was author Amélie Rives , who married John Armstrong Chanler and, later, Russian Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy . His maternal grandparents were Louisa Anna Matilda Barclay and U.S. Civil War General George Barclay, owned Carnwath Manor in Wappinger, New York , which was inherited by his father and eventually his brother Reginald. He graduated from Columbia College in 1868 with a B.A., and again in 1872 with an A.M. Also in 1872, he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge , and then from Columbia Law School in 1873.Career Following his graduation from Columbia Law School, he passed the bar and began practicing law in New York City. In 1887, Rives was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Latin Affairs by President Grover Cleveland to replace James Davis Porter , serving under U.S. Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard. Rives' term as Assistant Secretary of State ended in 1889 after Cleveland's defeat by Benjamin Harrison during the 1888 presidential election . Rives was succeeded by Boston lawyer William F. Wharton who served under Secretary James G. Blaine. Following his service in the State Department, he joined the firm of Ohr, Rives & Montgomery. From 1896 until 1902, he was a member of the New York Rapid Transit Commission and in 1900, he was president of the Commission during its revision of the Greater New York Charter. From 1902 to 1903, during the administration of New York City Mayor Seth Low , Rives was Corporation Counsel of New York City . In 1913, he wrote and published the two volume book The United States and Mexico, 1821-1848: A History of the Relations between the Two Countries from the Independence of Mexico to the Close of the War with the United States .Philanthropy From 1882 until 1917, Rives was a trustee of his alma mater, Columbia University. From 1903 to 1917, he succeeded William C. Schermerhorn and served as chairman of the trustees. In 1917, he resigned as trustee and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Rives also served as chairman of the Trustees of the New York Public Library and of the New York Hospital .Personal life On May 21, 1873, Rives was married to Caroline Morris Kean. Caroline, a granddaughter of Peter Philip James Kean and great-granddaughter of Continental Congressman John Kean , was the sister of U.S. Senators John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean . After his first wife's death, Rives married for the second time to Sarah Swan Belmont, the daughter of Augustus L. Whiting and Sarah Whiting, on March 20, 1889. From her first marriage to banker and socialite Oliver Belmont , she was the mother of Natica Caroline Belmont. After George's marriage to Sarah, he adopted Natica who took the surname Rives. In 1907, she married William Burden , brother of Arthur Scott Burden and James A. Burden II, although, tragically, she died of asphyxiation in 1908, a few months after the marriage. Together, George and Sarah were the parents of two additional children: The Rives had a city residence at 67–69 East 79th Street , a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island , and country home Tuxedo Park, New York . His portrait was painted in 1915 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury and hangs in the University; another version by the artist belonged to the sitter's family. Rives died at his summer home in Newport on August 18, 1917. His widow died at her residence, 907 Fifth Avenue in New York, on May 29, 1924.Descendants Through his son George, he was the grandfather of Anthony Barclay Rives, George Barclay Rives Jr., and Alexander Barclay Rives. Through his son Francis, he was the grandfather of George Lockhart Rives and Margaret Leigh Rives, who married Robert C. Kellam.
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