Frederick Wallingford Whitridge was an American industrialist who served as president of the Third Avenue Railway Company.
Occupation
lawyer
Citizenship
United States
Born
August 8, 1852
Died
December 30, 1916
Overview
Frederick Wallingford Whitridge (August 8, 1852 – December 30, 1916) was President of the Third Avenue Railway Company.
Biography
He was born on August 8, 1852, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to John C. Whitridge. He married the daughter of Matthew Arnold. He died on December 30, 1916, three days after his appendix operation.
In 1919, Whitridge’s daughter Eleanor Lucia married Lt. Col. Norman Thwaites, Director of the British Mission, New York. and they had two sons and two daughters.
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