Denning Duer, the son of Denning and Caroline (King) Duer, was born September 15, 1850, in Weehawken, New Jersey. He received his early education in the public schools of Weehawken, and after completing the course of study offered there, he embarked on a business career as a stock broker in New York City.
He was a man with keen business talent, and succeeded admirably in this venture in which he remained for several years. In addition to his business ability, he was also a thinker, student, and a born diplomat. His recognized ability and genius in this line was instrumental in securing him an appointment from President Arthur in 1881 as Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He rendered valuable services in this important position, and his worth was recognized to such an extent that he was retained in the consular service by the succeeding administration, that of President Cleveland. During this administration he has United States Consul at Antwerp, Holland, and was later identified in an official capacity with the consulate in London.
Upon quitting the diplomatic service he returned to America and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he resided for the remainder of his life. After his retirement from official life, Mr. Duer did not again actively enter the business world, though he still continued and did till the end of his life take n keen and active interact in almost every phase of life in the city of New Haven. The same qualities which had made him a successful business man and a more successful consul, made his advice sought by some of the most influential men of the city, whose friend he was.
On February 12, 1874, Mr. Duer married Louise Suydam, of Babylon, Long Island, New York, a daughter of Henry L. and Phoebe (Higbie) Suydam. Her mother died when Mrs. Duer was five years of age and she made her home thereafter with her aunt and uncle, Ferdinand and Carolina (Whitney) Suydam, of New York.
To Mr. and Mrs. Duer two children were born: 1. Caroline Suydam, married George Xavier McLanahan, of Washington, D.C. and is the mother of four children: Duer, Helen, Louise Suydam and George. 2. Louise, born in 1882, died in November, 1890. Mrs. Louise (Suydam) Duer survives her husband, and resides in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a member of the Colonial Dames and the Connecticut Society. A niece of Mr. Duer is the wife of the well-known surgeon, Dr. Joseph Blake, of the American Hospital in Paris.
Americana, American historical magazine, Volume 13
By National American Society pp. 293-294.
Duer.---Suddenly, in New Haven, Conn., June 24, 1915, Denning Duer, son of the Late Caroline King and Denning Durer.
Funeral services private.
New York Times, June 25, 1915
He was a man with keen business talent, and succeeded admirably in this venture in which he remained for several years. In addition to his business ability, he was also a thinker, student, and a born diplomat. His recognized ability and genius in this line was instrumental in securing him an appointment from President Arthur in 1881 as Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He rendered valuable services in this important position, and his worth was recognized to such an extent that he was retained in the consular service by the succeeding administration, that of President Cleveland. During this administration he has United States Consul at Antwerp, Holland, and was later identified in an official capacity with the consulate in London.
Upon quitting the diplomatic service he returned to America and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he resided for the remainder of his life. After his retirement from official life, Mr. Duer did not again actively enter the business world, though he still continued and did till the end of his life take n keen and active interact in almost every phase of life in the city of New Haven. The same qualities which had made him a successful business man and a more successful consul, made his advice sought by some of the most influential men of the city, whose friend he was.
On February 12, 1874, Mr. Duer married Louise Suydam, of Babylon, Long Island, New York, a daughter of Henry L. and Phoebe (Higbie) Suydam. Her mother died when Mrs. Duer was five years of age and she made her home thereafter with her aunt and uncle, Ferdinand and Carolina (Whitney) Suydam, of New York.
To Mr. and Mrs. Duer two children were born: 1. Caroline Suydam, married George Xavier McLanahan, of Washington, D.C. and is the mother of four children: Duer, Helen, Louise Suydam and George. 2. Louise, born in 1882, died in November, 1890. Mrs. Louise (Suydam) Duer survives her husband, and resides in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a member of the Colonial Dames and the Connecticut Society. A niece of Mr. Duer is the wife of the well-known surgeon, Dr. Joseph Blake, of the American Hospital in Paris.
Americana, American historical magazine, Volume 13
By National American Society pp. 293-294.
Duer.---Suddenly, in New Haven, Conn., June 24, 1915, Denning Duer, son of the Late Caroline King and Denning Durer.
Funeral services private.
New York Times, June 25, 1915
Denning Duer, the son of Denning and Caroline (King) Duer, was born September 15, 1850, in Weehawken, New Jersey. He received his early education in the public schools of Weehawken, and after completing the course of study offered there, he embarked on a business career as a stock broker in New York City.
He was a man with keen business talent, and succeeded admirably in this venture in which he remained for several years. In addition to his business ability, he was also a thinker, student, and a born diplomat. His recognized ability and genius in this line was instrumental in securing him an appointment from President Arthur in 1881 as Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He rendered valuable services in this important position, and his worth was recognized to such an extent that he was retained in the consular service by the succeeding administration, that of President Cleveland. During this administration he has United States Consul at Antwerp, Holland, and was later identified in an official capacity with the consulate in London.
Upon quitting the diplomatic service he returned to America and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he resided for the remainder of his life. After his retirement from official life, Mr. Duer did not again actively enter the business world, though he still continued and did till the end of his life take n keen and active interact in almost every phase of life in the city of New Haven. The same qualities which had made him a successful business man and a more successful consul, made his advice sought by some of the most influential men of the city, whose friend he was.
On February 12, 1874, Mr. Duer married Louise Suydam, of Babylon, Long Island, New York, a daughter of Henry L. and Phoebe (Higbie) Suydam. Her mother died when Mrs. Duer was five years of age and she made her home thereafter with her aunt and uncle, Ferdinand and Carolina (Whitney) Suydam, of New York.
To Mr. and Mrs. Duer two children were born: 1. Caroline Suydam, married George Xavier McLanahan, of Washington, D.C. and is the mother of four children: Duer, Helen, Louise Suydam and George. 2. Louise, born in 1882, died in November, 1890. Mrs. Louise (Suydam) Duer survives her husband, and resides in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a member of the Colonial Dames and the Connecticut Society. A niece of Mr. Duer is the wife of the well-known surgeon, Dr. Joseph Blake, of the American Hospital in Paris.
Americana, American historical magazine, Volume 13
By National American Society pp. 293-294.
Duer.---Suddenly, in New Haven, Conn., June 24, 1915, Denning Duer, son of the Late Caroline King and Denning Durer.
Funeral services private.
New York Times, June 25, 1915
He was a man with keen business talent, and succeeded admirably in this venture in which he remained for several years. In addition to his business ability, he was also a thinker, student, and a born diplomat. His recognized ability and genius in this line was instrumental in securing him an appointment from President Arthur in 1881 as Consul at Lisbon, Portugal. He rendered valuable services in this important position, and his worth was recognized to such an extent that he was retained in the consular service by the succeeding administration, that of President Cleveland. During this administration he has United States Consul at Antwerp, Holland, and was later identified in an official capacity with the consulate in London.
Upon quitting the diplomatic service he returned to America and settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he resided for the remainder of his life. After his retirement from official life, Mr. Duer did not again actively enter the business world, though he still continued and did till the end of his life take n keen and active interact in almost every phase of life in the city of New Haven. The same qualities which had made him a successful business man and a more successful consul, made his advice sought by some of the most influential men of the city, whose friend he was.
On February 12, 1874, Mr. Duer married Louise Suydam, of Babylon, Long Island, New York, a daughter of Henry L. and Phoebe (Higbie) Suydam. Her mother died when Mrs. Duer was five years of age and she made her home thereafter with her aunt and uncle, Ferdinand and Carolina (Whitney) Suydam, of New York.
To Mr. and Mrs. Duer two children were born: 1. Caroline Suydam, married George Xavier McLanahan, of Washington, D.C. and is the mother of four children: Duer, Helen, Louise Suydam and George. 2. Louise, born in 1882, died in November, 1890. Mrs. Louise (Suydam) Duer survives her husband, and resides in New Haven, Connecticut. She is a member of the Colonial Dames and the Connecticut Society. A niece of Mr. Duer is the wife of the well-known surgeon, Dr. Joseph Blake, of the American Hospital in Paris.
Americana, American historical magazine, Volume 13
By National American Society pp. 293-294.
Duer.---Suddenly, in New Haven, Conn., June 24, 1915, Denning Duer, son of the Late Caroline King and Denning Durer.
Funeral services private.
New York Times, June 25, 1915
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