Walter Luttgen | |
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Born | Walther Lüttgen January 19, 1839 |
Died | February 27, 1922
New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 83)
Nationality | American (since 1858) Prussian (1839-1858) |
Occupation(s) | Banker, industrialist and yachtsman |
Spouse |
Amelia Victoria Bremeyer
(
m. 1866) |
Children | 2 |
Walter Luttgen ( né Walther Lüttgen; January 9, 1839 - February 27, 1922) was a German-born American industrialist, banker and yachtsman who was based in New York City.
Walter Luttgen was born January 9, 1839, in Solingen, Kingdom of Prussia to Carl August and Anne Johanne Luttgen ( née Struller). The family emigrated to New York City in 1854. [1]
In 1859, Luttgen was hired as office boy at the international banking company August Belmont & Company in New York, where he climbed up the ranks and became partner in 1880. He held this position until his death in 1922. Additionally he was appointed director of the Illinois Central Railway Company, Transatlantic Trust Company and the Rapid Transit Construction Company. He served as the Commodore of the Columbia Yacht Club, was a member of the New York Yacht Club, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Downtown Association, American Museum of Natural History and The Legal Aid Society. [2] [3]
In 1866, Luttgen married Amelia Victoria Bremeyer (1846-1928), who was born in Brooklyn to an English-born father, likely of German origin and an Irish-born mother. They had two daughters;