George C. Van Tuyl Jr.

George Casey Van Tuyl, Jr. (April 3, 1872 – February 9, 1938) was an American banker from New York.

George C. Van Tuyl Jr.
President of the Metropolitan Trust Company
In office
1914–1920
Preceded byBrayton Ives
Succeeded byHarold I. Pratt
New York State Superintendent of Banks
In office
1911–1914
Preceded byOrion H. Cheney
Succeeded byEugene Lamb Richards
Personal details
Born
George Casey Van Tuyl Jr.

(1872-04-03)April 3, 1872
Albany, New York, US
DiedFebruary 9, 1938(1938-02-09) (aged 65)
New York City, US
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Georgina Birch
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(m. 1903; died 1906)​
    Lela E. LaMoure
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    (m. 1920)​

    Early life

    Van Tuyl was born on April 3, 1872, in Albany, New York, the son of hardware businessman George Casey Van Tuyl and Angeline Elizabeth Hawley. He was a member of the Van Tuyl family, a Dutch family originally from Tiel.[1]

    Career

    Van Tuyl began working as a messenger for the National Exchange Bank in Albany in 1888. He spent the next six years advancing through different departments in the bank and became a bank teller in 1894. When the Albany Trust Company was formed in 1900, he accepted a position as its secretary and treasurer. In 1906, he became its vice-president. In 1908, he was elected its president. He was also president and a director of the First National Bank of Albany, a trustee of the Albany Exchange Savings Bank, and a director of the First National Bank of Ravena, the Niagara Falls Trust Company of Niagara Falls, and the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Albany. He resigned from all his bank positions in 1911, when he became Bank Superintendent.[2]

    In 1911, Governor Dix nominated Van Tuyl State Superintendent of Banks. Van Tuyl was a Republican, but a close friend of the Governor. Tammany Hall initially opposed the nomination,[3] but he was confirmed to the position.[4] As Bank Superintendent, he developed the Van Tuyl Commission, which revised the state's banking laws.[5]

    Van Tuyl served in as Bank Superintendent until 1914. He then moved to New York City, residing on Riverside Drive and working for a number of banking institutions in the city. He worked as president of the Metropolitan Trust Company, a director and executive committee member of the Bank of United States, and a director of the Mechanics Bank of Brooklyn, the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, the Albany Trust Company, and the Guarantee Securities Company.[6] In 1928, he became president of the Bankers Loan and Investment Company.[7] He was also director of the Utica Trust and Deposit Company, the Central Savings Bank of New York City, the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company of New York City, the Alabama, Tennessee, and Northern Railroad, the City Safe and Deposit Company of New York, Cartier in New York City, and the United Hotels Corporation of New York.[8]

    Personal life

    On October 14, 1903, he married Georgina Birch, a daughter of George Archibald Birch and Sarah Ann (née Cook) Birch, in Albany. She died in Albany during childbirth on May 17, 1906.[9]

    In 1920, he married Lela E. (née LaMoure) Gladwell at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in Manhattan. Lela, the widow of Lewis Gladwell, was a daughter of Dr. Isaac W. LaMoure and Emma (née Grant), who married Charles Edward Starr after her father's death in 1873.[10] From her mother's second marriage, she had a younger half-sister, actress Frances Starr, who married artist William Haskell Coffin, banker R. Golden Donaldson, and attorney Emil C. Wetten.[11]

    Van Tuyl belonged to the Episcopal Church and was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the New York Yacht Club, and the New York Athletic Club.[8]

    Van Tuyl died at 194 Riverside Drive, his home in Manhattan, on February 9, 1938.[7] He was buried in the Albany Rural Cemetery.

    References
    1. Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley. Vol. II. New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 761–765 – via Google Books.
    2. Murlin, Edgar L. (1912). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 66 – via Google Books.
    3. "Tammany Opposes Van Tuyl For Banks" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LX, no. 19457. New York, N.Y. 3 May 1911. p. 7.
    4. "Van Tuyl Confirmed" (PDF). The New York Times. Vol. LX, no. 19473. New York, N.Y. 19 May 1911. p. 4.
    5. Knox, Herman W., ed. (1918). Who's Who in New York (7th ed.). New York, N.Y.: Who's Who Publication, Inc. p. 1097 – via Google Books.
    6. "VAN TUYL LAUNCHES $2,000,000 TRUST CO.; Former Banking Superintendent Gets Charter and MayOpen Nov. 1. CAPITAL IS ALL PAID IN Will Have Quarters at 26 BroadStreet, Formerly Occupied byNew York Trust Co". The New York Times. 7 September 1922. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
    7. "G. C. VAN TUYL JR., BANKER, 65, DEAD; The State Superintendent of Banks, 1911-14, Long WasActive in His Field BEGAN AS MESSENGER BOY Ex-President of Metropolitan Trust Co., Held Numerous Directorates--Had Retired". The New York Times. 11 February 1938. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
    8. Prominent People of the Capital District. Albany, N.Y.: Fort Orange Recording Bureau, Inc. 1923. pp. 168–169 – via Google Books.
    9. Reynolds, Cuyler (1911). Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs. Vol. IV. New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1088 – via Internet Archive.
    10. "G.C. VAN TUYL WED TO MRS. GLADWELL; Ex-President of Metropolitan Trust Co. Marries the Sister of Frances Starr IN HEAVENLY REST CHURCH Miss Lucy Train Weds Dean K. Worcester at Bar Hyarbor; Miss Helen James, H.H. Anderson". The New York Times. 22 August 1920. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
    11. "Frances Starr dies; acted for Belasco". The New York Times. June 12, 1973. p. 48. ProQuest 119861761. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via ProQuest.
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