Geoffrey Tower (1890-1957)

He was born in Germantown, Philadelphia. He grew up between Rittenhouse Square and Europe. He graduated from Yale (1914) and entered the real estate business in Philadelphia. He was also a noted breeder of hunters. He was a member of the Germantown Cricket Club, the racquet Club, and the Yale Club of New York. In 1933, he married Annette, daughter of Isaac Tripp of Phoenixville. She had two children by a previous marriage and they had a further two children together.