Walter William Law
| Walter William Law | |||||||
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| Born | 1837 | ||||||
| Died | 1924 | ||||||
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Yonkers, New York [1888] Scarborough, New York, USA [1897] | ||||||
| Occupation | business | ||||||
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death noted in Report of the Council 1935-1936
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Walter William Law[nb 1] (November 13, 1837 – January 17, 1924) was a businessman and the founder of the 8,000-person village of Briarcliff Manor, New York. He was a vice president of W. & J. Sloane, and later founded the Briarcliff Lodge, the Briarcliff Table Water Company, Briarcliff Farms, and the Briarcliff Greenhouses. In the early 1900s, Walter Law was the largest individual landholder in Westchester County.[1][nb 2]
Walter Law was born in Kidderminster, England, and was one of ten children of a carpet dealer. He relocated to the United States in 1859, where he lived until his death. Throughout his life, he was employed at various places, including at W. & J. Sloane, where he worked for 24 years. After retiring to a house on Scarborough Road in the small community of Whitson's Corners, New York, he developed the surrounding farmland into a suburban village. Law died in 1924 in Summerville, South Carolina, during rest cure treatment.
Born in England, emigrated to USA in 1859. He later worked for W. & J. Sloane, becoming a partner and board member. In 1890 he retired with TB and developed Briarcliff Manor (an area of New York). He was known for his classical interests, and left a large library