For the Catholic priest and writer, see Daniel A. Lord
Daniel Lord (September 23, 1795 – March 4, 1868) was a prominent New York City attorney. His firm was eventually joined by his son-in-law Henry Day and son Daniel Lord Jr. to form Lord Day & Lord. John Jacob Astor was among Lord's clients.[1]
Lord was born in Stonington, Connecticut September 23, 1795. He was a son of Phebe (née Crary) Lord (1773–1847) and Dr. Daniel Lord (1767–1845). His father, a doctor, moved the family to New York City while Lord was a toddler.[2] He graduated from Yale College in 1814.[3]
Lord was a legal contemporary of Chief Justices Thomas J. Oakley and William Alexander Duer, Chancellors Reuben H. Walworth and James Kent, and Spencer, Wood, Ogden Hoffman, Stevens, Hill, and Bradford.[4]
In 1818, Lord opened his firm as a solo practitioner. By 1848, he was joined by his son-in-law, Henry Day, and son, Daniel Lord Jr., to form Lord, Day & Lord. John Jacob Astor was among Lord's clients.[1] The firm operated until October 1994.[5]
In 1851 he delivered Yale University on Phi Beta Kappa address.[6]
On May 16, 1818, Lord was married to Susan DeForest (1799–1879), a daughter of Lockwood DeForest and Mehitabel (née Wheeler) DeForest. Together, they were the parents of:[7]
Lord died at his home in New York on March 4, 1886.[4] His death in 1868 was attributed to "paralysis".[2] After a funeral held at Rev. Dr. Spring's Church at 35th Street and Fifth Avenue, he was buried at the New York Marble CemeteryonSecond Avenue in New York.[9]
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