Bryce Gray
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Bryce Gray | |
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| President of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York | |
| In office 1887–1889 | |
| Preceded by | John Stewart Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | John Sloane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1827 |
| Died | June 27, 1897 (aged 69–70) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Andrewetta Josephine Mount
(m. 1860) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Robert Gray Margaret Cherry Gray |
Bryce Gray (November 27, 1827 – June 29, 1897) was a Scottish-American merchant and banker who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.[1]
Career
In 1843, at the age of fourteen, he left Scotland to begin working for his cousins' (William and James Murdoch) firm, Murdoch Brothers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the largest dry goods merchants in the area. Around 1850, he came to New York City to become cashier, or head bookkeeper, of White & Thurger. After Thurger died, the firm was reorganized under the name James F. White & Co. on Pine Street. White retired in 1855 to move to Dundee and Gray became the senior member of the firm until his death in 1897.[3] He also served as a director of the Commonwealth Insurance Company of New York, president of the Aztec Land and Cattle Company, and a director of the Atlantic and Pacific and St. Louis–San Francisco Railways.[4]
Gordon was a member of the New York City Chamber of Commerce the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York where he served as president from 1887 to 1889.[4]