From the New York Times 17 February 1929
Col. P.M. Lydig Dies in Nice at 61
Member of Old Knickerbocker
Family Stricken With Grip on Brief Visit.
A Former Stock Broker
Served the Allies Well in World War Through Knowledge Gained as Student in Berlin.
Nice, France, Feb. 16 -- Colonel Philip Lydig, wealthy New Yorker, died in a hospital here today from the grip at the age of sixty-one. He came from Paris a week ago, seeking the southern warmth.
Philip Mesier Lydig was a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families. He was born on the Lydig estate now part of the Bronx Zoological Gardens, on August 16, 1867, when West Farms, in which the estate was located, was a town of Westchester County.
After his graduation from Harvard University in 1889 he took a course in finance at Berlin University and familiarized himself with the practical workings of the financial centres of Europe.
Volunteered for Spanish War.
volunteering in the Spanish War he was commissioned Captain and served as Chief of Commissary in the artillery at Camp Chickamauga. After the war he went to Honolulu as Chief and Purchasing Commissary, and before retiring from active service was sent to Paris to make a report for the government. He remained in France for several months and made a case study of the military situation there.
Later he became a partner in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lounsberry & Co., 15 Broad Street, and became a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
In 192 he married Miss Rita Hernandez y de Alba de Acosta, who some years previously had obtained a divorce from the late W. E. D. Stokes, member of a wealthy family, who she had married in 1895 at the age of 19.
For some time after his marriage Mr. Lydig and his wife were conspicuous figures in New York society, Mrs. Lydig entertaining lavishly.
Joined Russian Army.
When the World War started Mr. Lydig was in Carlsbad. His knowledge of German military methods, gained while he was a student at Berlin University put him in a position in which his services would be valuable to the Allies, so he began purchasing materials and horses for them in this country. He also negotiated the purchase for Russia of mounts for Cossacks, and in 1915 joined the russian Army.
He founded and was head of the American Ambulance in russia. In 1913 he was cited by the French Government for services he rendered as liaison officer of the American Purchasing Agent with the Bureau of Payments of the Franco-American Service. After the Russian revolution he wrote articles on its causes and probable effects, analyzing conditions he had observed at first hand.
Shortly before this country entered the World War Mrs. Lydig began a divorce suit against her husband in Paris, alleging "incompatibility." She won her final decree in 1919. Mr. Lydig remained in Europe two years after the divorce before visiting this country. Since that time he had spent much of his time in Europe. In the Social Register his residence was given as The Knickerbocker Club.
He also was a member at his death of the Army and Navy and Harvard clubs of this city and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the Loyal Legion and the Spanish-American War Association."
Col. P.M. Lydig Dies in Nice at 61
Member of Old Knickerbocker
Family Stricken With Grip on Brief Visit.
A Former Stock Broker
Served the Allies Well in World War Through Knowledge Gained as Student in Berlin.
Nice, France, Feb. 16 -- Colonel Philip Lydig, wealthy New Yorker, died in a hospital here today from the grip at the age of sixty-one. He came from Paris a week ago, seeking the southern warmth.
Philip Mesier Lydig was a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families. He was born on the Lydig estate now part of the Bronx Zoological Gardens, on August 16, 1867, when West Farms, in which the estate was located, was a town of Westchester County.
After his graduation from Harvard University in 1889 he took a course in finance at Berlin University and familiarized himself with the practical workings of the financial centres of Europe.
Volunteered for Spanish War.
volunteering in the Spanish War he was commissioned Captain and served as Chief of Commissary in the artillery at Camp Chickamauga. After the war he went to Honolulu as Chief and Purchasing Commissary, and before retiring from active service was sent to Paris to make a report for the government. He remained in France for several months and made a case study of the military situation there.
Later he became a partner in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lounsberry & Co., 15 Broad Street, and became a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
In 192 he married Miss Rita Hernandez y de Alba de Acosta, who some years previously had obtained a divorce from the late W. E. D. Stokes, member of a wealthy family, who she had married in 1895 at the age of 19.
For some time after his marriage Mr. Lydig and his wife were conspicuous figures in New York society, Mrs. Lydig entertaining lavishly.
Joined Russian Army.
When the World War started Mr. Lydig was in Carlsbad. His knowledge of German military methods, gained while he was a student at Berlin University put him in a position in which his services would be valuable to the Allies, so he began purchasing materials and horses for them in this country. He also negotiated the purchase for Russia of mounts for Cossacks, and in 1915 joined the russian Army.
He founded and was head of the American Ambulance in russia. In 1913 he was cited by the French Government for services he rendered as liaison officer of the American Purchasing Agent with the Bureau of Payments of the Franco-American Service. After the Russian revolution he wrote articles on its causes and probable effects, analyzing conditions he had observed at first hand.
Shortly before this country entered the World War Mrs. Lydig began a divorce suit against her husband in Paris, alleging "incompatibility." She won her final decree in 1919. Mr. Lydig remained in Europe two years after the divorce before visiting this country. Since that time he had spent much of his time in Europe. In the Social Register his residence was given as The Knickerbocker Club.
He also was a member at his death of the Army and Navy and Harvard clubs of this city and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the Loyal Legion and the Spanish-American War Association."
From the New York Times 17 February 1929
Col. P.M. Lydig Dies in Nice at 61
Member of Old Knickerbocker
Family Stricken With Grip on Brief Visit.
A Former Stock Broker
Served the Allies Well in World War Through Knowledge Gained as Student in Berlin.
Nice, France, Feb. 16 -- Colonel Philip Lydig, wealthy New Yorker, died in a hospital here today from the grip at the age of sixty-one. He came from Paris a week ago, seeking the southern warmth.
Philip Mesier Lydig was a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families. He was born on the Lydig estate now part of the Bronx Zoological Gardens, on August 16, 1867, when West Farms, in which the estate was located, was a town of Westchester County.
After his graduation from Harvard University in 1889 he took a course in finance at Berlin University and familiarized himself with the practical workings of the financial centres of Europe.
Volunteered for Spanish War.
volunteering in the Spanish War he was commissioned Captain and served as Chief of Commissary in the artillery at Camp Chickamauga. After the war he went to Honolulu as Chief and Purchasing Commissary, and before retiring from active service was sent to Paris to make a report for the government. He remained in France for several months and made a case study of the military situation there.
Later he became a partner in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lounsberry & Co., 15 Broad Street, and became a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
In 192 he married Miss Rita Hernandez y de Alba de Acosta, who some years previously had obtained a divorce from the late W. E. D. Stokes, member of a wealthy family, who she had married in 1895 at the age of 19.
For some time after his marriage Mr. Lydig and his wife were conspicuous figures in New York society, Mrs. Lydig entertaining lavishly.
Joined Russian Army.
When the World War started Mr. Lydig was in Carlsbad. His knowledge of German military methods, gained while he was a student at Berlin University put him in a position in which his services would be valuable to the Allies, so he began purchasing materials and horses for them in this country. He also negotiated the purchase for Russia of mounts for Cossacks, and in 1915 joined the russian Army.
He founded and was head of the American Ambulance in russia. In 1913 he was cited by the French Government for services he rendered as liaison officer of the American Purchasing Agent with the Bureau of Payments of the Franco-American Service. After the Russian revolution he wrote articles on its causes and probable effects, analyzing conditions he had observed at first hand.
Shortly before this country entered the World War Mrs. Lydig began a divorce suit against her husband in Paris, alleging "incompatibility." She won her final decree in 1919. Mr. Lydig remained in Europe two years after the divorce before visiting this country. Since that time he had spent much of his time in Europe. In the Social Register his residence was given as The Knickerbocker Club.
He also was a member at his death of the Army and Navy and Harvard clubs of this city and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the Loyal Legion and the Spanish-American War Association."
Col. P.M. Lydig Dies in Nice at 61
Member of Old Knickerbocker
Family Stricken With Grip on Brief Visit.
A Former Stock Broker
Served the Allies Well in World War Through Knowledge Gained as Student in Berlin.
Nice, France, Feb. 16 -- Colonel Philip Lydig, wealthy New Yorker, died in a hospital here today from the grip at the age of sixty-one. He came from Paris a week ago, seeking the southern warmth.
Philip Mesier Lydig was a member of one of the oldest Knickerbocker families. He was born on the Lydig estate now part of the Bronx Zoological Gardens, on August 16, 1867, when West Farms, in which the estate was located, was a town of Westchester County.
After his graduation from Harvard University in 1889 he took a course in finance at Berlin University and familiarized himself with the practical workings of the financial centres of Europe.
Volunteered for Spanish War.
volunteering in the Spanish War he was commissioned Captain and served as Chief of Commissary in the artillery at Camp Chickamauga. After the war he went to Honolulu as Chief and Purchasing Commissary, and before retiring from active service was sent to Paris to make a report for the government. He remained in France for several months and made a case study of the military situation there.
Later he became a partner in the New York Stock Exchange firm of Lounsberry & Co., 15 Broad Street, and became a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
In 192 he married Miss Rita Hernandez y de Alba de Acosta, who some years previously had obtained a divorce from the late W. E. D. Stokes, member of a wealthy family, who she had married in 1895 at the age of 19.
For some time after his marriage Mr. Lydig and his wife were conspicuous figures in New York society, Mrs. Lydig entertaining lavishly.
Joined Russian Army.
When the World War started Mr. Lydig was in Carlsbad. His knowledge of German military methods, gained while he was a student at Berlin University put him in a position in which his services would be valuable to the Allies, so he began purchasing materials and horses for them in this country. He also negotiated the purchase for Russia of mounts for Cossacks, and in 1915 joined the russian Army.
He founded and was head of the American Ambulance in russia. In 1913 he was cited by the French Government for services he rendered as liaison officer of the American Purchasing Agent with the Bureau of Payments of the Franco-American Service. After the Russian revolution he wrote articles on its causes and probable effects, analyzing conditions he had observed at first hand.
Shortly before this country entered the World War Mrs. Lydig began a divorce suit against her husband in Paris, alleging "incompatibility." She won her final decree in 1919. Mr. Lydig remained in Europe two years after the divorce before visiting this country. Since that time he had spent much of his time in Europe. In the Social Register his residence was given as The Knickerbocker Club.
He also was a member at his death of the Army and Navy and Harvard clubs of this city and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Military Order of Foreign Wars, the Loyal Legion and the Spanish-American War Association."
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