Dr. Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810–1884)

## Overview

Dr. Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810 to 1884) was a New York City physician who became one of the city's leading real estate brokers and auctioneers. He ran the firm E. H. Ludlow & Co. and served as president of the New York Real Estate Exchange. He is the maternal great-grandfather of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

## Livingston connection

In 1833 he married Elizabeth Livingston (1813 to 1896), a twin born at Clermont in Columbia County, New York, the daughter of Lieutenant Governor Edward Philip Livingston and Elizabeth Stevens Livingston (eldest daughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston). This marriage carries Clermont Livingston blood into the Ludlow line and onward to Eleanor Roosevelt. Their Hudson River estate, 'Pine Lawn,' sat just north of Northwood near Tivoli.

## Family

- Parents: Gabriel Verplanck Ludlow and Elizabeth A. Hunter

- Wife: Elizabeth Livingston (1813 to 1896)

- Daughter: Mary Livingston Ludlow (1843 to 1919), who married Valentine Gill Hall Jr. and became Eleanor Roosevelt's grandmother

## Sources

- Wikipedia, Edward Hunter Ludlow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hunter_Ludlow

- WikiTree (Ludlow-103): https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ludlow-103

- Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, Mary Livingston Ludlow Hall: https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/mary-livingston-ludlow-hall-1843-1919