Edward Thomas Bedford (1849-1931)

E.T. Bedford, of Westport, CT; President of the Corn Products Refining Co., etc.

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Father
Frederick Thomas Bedford (1823-1904)
Mother
Mary Anne (Pace) Bedford (1823-1896)
Spouse
Mary Ann (Dingle) Bedford (1848-1934)
Children
Charles Edward Bedford (1874-1961)
Frederick Thomas Bedford (1877-1963)
May (Bedford) Schiott (1879-1911)
Emily (Bedford) Fosdick (1882-1975)
Grace (Bedford) Lloyd (b.c.1884)

Associated Houses

Nyala Farm

Westport

Bedford was a Founder and President of the Corn Products Refining Co., a director of the  Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and a generous philanthropist who among other gifts built the YMCA at Westport - recognized today as the Bedford Middle School. His philanthropy continues today through the Edward T. Bedford Foundation and Bedford Park in the Bronx was named for him by his friend - Winston Churchill's grandfather - Leonard Jerome. 

Categories

Industrialists Philanthropists Rags-to-Riches
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 25/02/2019 and last updated on 25/02/2019.