The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-09-14

Mr.. LAMBERT GITTIYGs.-This gentleman hay-
ing announced himself as a Democratic candidate
for Congress in the 18th Congressional district, a
correspondent of the SHn, who signs himself "A
Republican" furnishes interesting biographi-
cal sketch of Mr.. Cuttings, which, us it win no
| doubt interest many Of the readers of the UNION
| we tranfer to our columns:
Lambert Cuttings, n retired merchant, was
| born September LIST, 1906, at Bella Nesta, origi-
naly Hills Forest, Baltimore county, Maryland,
which beautiful place he now owns. His father
was James Cuttings Jr., the son of James Git
Il ,gs, of Long Green, Baltimore county. His
mother was Harriet Sterfett, the daughter of John
Sterrett, distinguished shipping merchant who
was the son of James Sterrett, who came to Mary
land from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with the family
of Gen. Smith. On his mothers side he is con-
nected with most of the old families of Maryland,
such the Ridgelys, Dorseys, Nicholsons, Car
rolls, and others and ON his fathers side with the
Buchanans and Croxalls, the latter side being one
of the oldest English families of Maryland
"Mr. Cuttings completed his education at Bel
air and left school when about sixteen years of
age He first entered the counting room of Mer-
rman Cuttings, and afterward that of Osgood
4 Co., Gay street, Baltimore. Before reaching his
majority he was taken by Mr.. Isaac McKim as
supercargo to the West Indies and Smyrna. A
warm friendship existed between Mr. Cuttings and
Mr.. McKim until the death of the latter, and so
great was Mr.. McKim's confidence in Mr.. Cuttings
that he seldom employed a supercargO or clerk
without consulting Mr.. Cuttings. On his return
Mr. Cuttings established himself in the produce
commission business, and afterward conducted an
extensive shipping commission business in the
West Indies South America, Mediterranean and
general trade. He has visited various parts of the
world in connection with his business, and was
well and favorably known in all the commercial
ports wherever the American flag has flOated, his
own vessels having visited most of them in the
East and West Indies, South America generally
Australia and the Mediterranean.
"To the present time Mr. Cuttings never sought
for or held any Office position of public trust or
profit. When about twenty one years of age he
was married to Miss Henrietta Tenant, daughter
of Colonel Thomas Tenant, distinguished ship
ping merchant and ship owner. His fathers fam
lily, on the Rigely, Cuttings and Buchanan side,
were Episcopalians; his mothers family were
Presbyterians. He himself was christened by a
Methodist clergyman. His maternal great grand
father, James Sterrett, in connection with General
Smiths family and the Pattersons, built the first
Presbyterian church in Baltimore, on the site
where the United States courthouse now stands.
Politically he has always been a Jackson demo-
crat, having been great admirer OF that dlstln-
guished man. He has two daughters living, the
eldest, Harriet, the wife of John lizard Middleton,
a member of one of the oldest Carolina families.
The other daughter, Henrietta is the wife of JAS.
Ill. DuCHdHdU, sun VI OiitilCs ID, anu SldHusUH VI
W. Buchanan, the first register of wills of the city
of Baltimore. He had two other children, Mary
r., the wife of Surgeon James Simmons, of the
United States army. She died leaving three
daughters. Mr.. Cuttings had also a promising
son. The young man, when about twenty one
years of age, died of the yellow fever at Kings
ton, Jamaica, while there as supercargo in one Of
his fathers vessels. Although stranger in ia
maica, such were the favorable impressions he
made and the sympathics he awakened that
strange hands voluntarily, and without the knowl-
edge of his father erected Il tablet to his memory
in the Episcopal church there. Mr.. Cuttings has
several grandchildren and two great grandch
dren. One of his grand daughters is married to
Walter Dulany. son of Grafton Dulany, formerly
a distinguished lawyer, and member of the old
Dulany family.
''Such was the youthful appearance of Mr. Git
tings in his early commencement OF business on
his own account that surprise was sometimes ex-
pressed that principals in consigning their prep
ery and vessels to him should place their interests
with boy.
at is worthy of note that amid all the financial
troubles during the years of his commercial life,
the failures of banks throughout the United States,
the United States Bank of Philadelphia, and com
mercia houses in all parts of this country and in
Europe his standing and responsibility have never
been doubted. 1t may be added that, perhaps, no
citizen of Baltimore is more remarkable for his
hospitality to strangers, or is better known than
the gentleman whose brief sketch is here given"