Edwin D. Morgan III

Edwin Denison Morgan III (October 19, 1854 – June 13, 1933) was an American yachtsman during the turn of the 19th century.

Edwin D. Morgan III
Born	(1854-10-19)October 19, 1854 Throgs Neck, NY
Died	June 13, 1933(1933-06-13) (aged 78) Windsor, Vermont
Resting place	Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Harvard College
Spouses	Mary Brewer Penniman ​ ​ (m. 1880⁠–⁠1886)​ Elizabeth Mary Moran ​ ​ (m. 1860)​
Children	Elizabeth Sarah Edwin Denison Jr. Theodore Moran Thomas Archer Katharine Avery Jasper (all with 2nd wife Elizabeth)
Parent(s)	Edwin Denison Morgan II (1834–1879) Sarah Elizabeth Archer
Relatives	Edwin D. Morgan (grandfather)

Early life

Born in 1854 as Alfred Waterman Morgan, he was grandson of New York governor Edwin D. Morgan, and a distant relative of J.P. Morgan. He graduated from Harvard College in 1877.^[1] He changed his name to Edwin Denison Morgan III at the request of his grandfather after the premature death of his father Edwin Denison Morgan II.^[2] After college, he became a highly successful businessman, and was the founder of Nassau Light and Power, a shareholder in many significant livestock interests, and president, at the beginning of the 1900s of mining companies the Corralitos Company and Candelaria Mining Co in Mexico.

Notable Residences

Beacon Rock Mansion, Newport, RI

Beacon Rock

Summer residence, nicknamed the "Acropolis of Newport" completed around 1890 in Newport, Rhode Island for Morgan, and designed by architect Stanford White of Mckim Mead & White.^[2] With deep water at both sides of the peninsula in Bretons Cove, he kept his large yacht Constellation,^[3] along with the smaller racing yachts he owned while residing there.

Wheatly

Residence in Old Westbury, Long Island, NY, it was built over a 10-year period, and designed by architect firm McKim, Mead & White.^[4]

Wheatly E.D. Morgans Long Island Estate

Yachtsman

E.D. Morgan and his wife Elizabeth on their yacht May, by William Bruce Ellis Ranken^[5]

E.D. Morgan was rear commodore 1887–8, vice commodore 1891-2 and commodore 1923-4 of the New York Yacht Club.^[3] He was part of the winning team of the America's Cup Yacht Race in 1901 aboard the yacht Columbia.^[3] He had a close relationship with yacht designer Nathaniel Herreshoff, who designed many yachts for him. He also commissioned the construction of the largest steel hull schooner of the time, the Constellation, designed by Edward Burgess. Over his lifetime he owned over 17 vessels, ranging from steamers to schooners.

E.D. Morgan's Yachts[6]
Name		Year Built	Builder	Specifications	Notes	Fate
Dudley					One of his first Sloops[7]
Amy		1880	Cunliffe & Dunlop, Port Glasgow, Scotland[8]	187.5 Feet long x 27 feet beam[9]	Purchased in 1884[10]
Whisper				72 feet long[11]	Steam yacht[12]
Constellation		1889	Piepgras Shipyard, City Island, NY	136 Feet long	*Built for Morgan Designed by Edward Burgess Sold in 1892	Scrapped 1941, Boston
Catarina		1880	Robert Steele & Co., Greenock, Scotland[13]	186.4 ft Long x 26.1 ft beam	Purchased in 1889 the former British built yacht Sans Peur, renamed Catarina Wrecked and abandoned on Matinnicock Point, Long Island, later salvaged by Daniel W. Sullivan and rebuilt.[14]	Foundered in a gale near Ras el Fasori, Syria in 1941
May		1891	Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Troon, Scotland[15]	240 feet Long	Flagship of the New York Yacht Club Sold to J.R. DeLamar, then purchased by the U.S. Navy during WWI, renamed USS May (SP-164)	Wrecked on reef, abandoned 1923, Cape Engano, Santo Domingo
Ituna		1886	A. & J. Inglis Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland[16]	133 feet long	Used during Regattas when Morgan vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club[17] Sold, and eventually became a passenger ship, then fishing trawler where it sank en route from San Francisco to Reedsport Oregon in 1920.[18]	Sank 1920, California Coast
Gloriana		1891	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Bristol, Rhode Island Coque/Hull #411	46 feet long	Designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff[19]	Broken up at Lawley's in late 1910 after being damaged following a grounding[20]
Javelin		1891	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company Bristol, Rhode Island[21]	98 feet long[22]	Built W.R. Hearst, completed for Morgan[23][24] Designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff	Morgan sold it to the Brazilian Navy, who renamed her Poty, and then was converted to a torpedo boat aboard the cruiser Nictheroy[25]
Whisper (II)		1902		15 feet long	Designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff[26] Spent most of her early years in western Long Island Sound[27] Current Name: Echo	Still Active