(1841–1902), U.S. public official and lawyer, born in Conway, Mass.; Yale College 1863; admitted to the bar 1865; moved to New York City, where he was active against the corrupt Tweed ring; city corporation counsel's office 1878–82; secretary of the navy during President Cleveland's 1st term 1885–89; a man of great wealth, was among the social leaders of New York and Washington; established Naval War College at Newport, R.I.; after 1899 devoted himself to horse breeding near Lexington, Ky.