page_title: Lorillard S. Spencer
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Lorillard S. Spencer / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Lorillard S. Spencer by Mary Helen Carlisle
context_page_description: Lorillard Suydam Spencer Sr. was president of Atlantic Aircraft and was prominent in Newport, Rhode Island society. He served as the military secretary to Charles Seymour Whitman, the New York Governor.
context_section_description: He was born on July 4, 1883 in Manhattan, New York City to Lorillard Spencer and Caroline Suydam Berryman, a granddaughter of Stephen Whitney of New York. Caroline would later become a missionary in the Philippines.
  On December 16, 1910, he was elected as the temporary chairman of the New York City Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
  During World War I, he was the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 15th New York Infantry. In September 1918, during the Battle of Champagne-Argonne, he was stuck six times by German machine gun fire. Severely wounded, he was sent home to recover. For his bravery, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honour. The latter was presented to him in July 1919 by Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand. When the men of the 3rd Battalion returned home after the war, he was there to greet them, his fractured leg still in a sling.
  He died on June 10, 1939 at his cottage, Chasteullux, in Newport, Rhode Island.
caption: Lorillard S. Spencer by Mary Helen Carlisle
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