Financier, Socialite ~ eccentric dapper of 'Roselawn'. Son of George Huntington Hull Sr. (1840-1920) and Lucia Hull (1954-1943). Husband of Marguerite 'Daisy' Pierson. Born to a prominent family from Tuxedo Park, he was 10 years her junior when he married Marguerite Pierson. A story circulates about when he was in college and committed the unpardonable sin arriving at a party given by Reginald Vanderbilt without gloves. Visibly distressed, he was saved by the butler, who directed him to a table drawer filled with a selection of white gloves. An eccentric at heart, he rode to tea parties on a bicycle, carrying his own pot of tea in a basket, not trusting his hostess to get the selection right. The last in Newport to serve the "proper" tea, he and his wife were amongst the few left who observed the quaint custom of being "at home" during teatime for their friends. At his winter home, a lakeside estate in rural New Jersey, he frequented the estate's canoes, enjoying lunch and tea onboard. 'Roselawn' ~ his summer home on Bellevue Avenue ~ was always filled with bright fresh flowers, courtesy of the garden he maintained next-door. Traveling to his offices in New York during the weeks, he retired from active business in 1960, to attend to his ailing wife in Newport, who by this time had gone blind. With his retirement came the end of the rounds of entertaining and parties. Life at 'Roselawn' became a slow and comfortable progress; filled with long tea-times and hours of rest. G. H. Hull died in 1971, in his 91st year at 'Roselawn'.
Written and Complied by Tyler Hughes.
Written and Complied by Tyler Hughes.
Financier, Socialite ~ eccentric dapper of 'Roselawn'. Son of George Huntington Hull Sr. (1840-1920) and Lucia Hull (1954-1943). Husband of Marguerite 'Daisy' Pierson. Born to a prominent family from Tuxedo Park, he was 10 years her junior when he married Marguerite Pierson. A story circulates about when he was in college and committed the unpardonable sin arriving at a party given by Reginald Vanderbilt without gloves. Visibly distressed, he was saved by the butler, who directed him to a table drawer filled with a selection of white gloves. An eccentric at heart, he rode to tea parties on a bicycle, carrying his own pot of tea in a basket, not trusting his hostess to get the selection right. The last in Newport to serve the "proper" tea, he and his wife were amongst the few left who observed the quaint custom of being "at home" during teatime for their friends. At his winter home, a lakeside estate in rural New Jersey, he frequented the estate's canoes, enjoying lunch and tea onboard. 'Roselawn' ~ his summer home on Bellevue Avenue ~ was always filled with bright fresh flowers, courtesy of the garden he maintained next-door. Traveling to his offices in New York during the weeks, he retired from active business in 1960, to attend to his ailing wife in Newport, who by this time had gone blind. With his retirement came the end of the rounds of entertaining and parties. Life at 'Roselawn' became a slow and comfortable progress; filled with long tea-times and hours of rest. G. H. Hull died in 1971, in his 91st year at 'Roselawn'.
Written and Complied by Tyler Hughes.
Written and Complied by Tyler Hughes.
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