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Le Roy King

Gentleman

Centurion, 1889–1895

born February 22, 1857
Rome, Italy
died December 5, 1895
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected June 1, 1889
Age thirty-two
Member portrait of Le Roy King

Archivist’s Notes

Brother of George Gordon King; father of Frederic Rhinelander King; grandfather of Nicholas LeRoy King; brother-in-law of Louis B. McCagg

Century Memorial

Leroy King, whose untimely death in his early manhood brought sorrow to all who knew him, came of distinguished ancestry. He was eighth in descent from Peter Stuyvesant, the great grandson of Herman LeRoy, and on his father’s side a descendant of the English families of King and Gordon.

His life was so quiet and unassuming that few beyond his personal acquaintances realized the depth and tenderness of his nature. He was a man of the highest honor, unswerving rectitude, purest life, and in every relation was an admirable example of a true gentleman. To charitable and benevolent institutions, and to the Church, he was a generous and unostentatious contributor, and he has left in the hearts of those who knew and loved him a memory that will never fade.

Henry E. Howland
1896 Century Association Yearbook

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