Henry Carnegie Phipps (May 11, 1879 – March 21, 1953) was an American sportsman and financier, the owner of Wheatley Stable along with his wife Gladys Mills Phipps , and a member of the wealthy Phipps family .
8-470: Henry Phipps may refer to: Henry Carnegie Phipps (1879–1953), sportsman and financier Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930), entrepreneur and major philanthropist Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (1755–1831), soldier and politician See also [ edit ] Henry Phipps House , New York City [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
16-454: The 4th Earl of Craven ); and Howard Phipps, who married Harriet Dyer Price (granddaughter of Gen. Alexander Dyer ). At Henry Phipps' death, his father, who was at one time the second largest shareholder of Carnegie Steel and was a founder of Bessemer Trust , was worth $ 3,121,810 (equivalent to $ 56,939,000 in 2023), according to transfer tax appraisal documents. Phipps graduated from Yale University in 1902. The Wheatley Stable
24-471: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Phipps&oldid=875482099 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Henry Carnegie Phipps Phipps
32-544: The sport of thoroughbred racing and most notably bred and raced the ill-fated Ruffian , a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee widely regarded as one of the greatest fillies in racing history. In December 1907, Phipps married Gladys Livingston Mills (1883–1970) at her parents' home in Staatsburg, New York . Gladys was the daughter of famed financier Ogden Mills and the twin sister of Beatrice , who married Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard . Her brother Ogden
40-605: Was born on May 11, 1879, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He was the second son of Anne Childs ( née Shaffer) Phipps (1850–1934), and businessman Henry Phipps Jr. His siblings included Amy Phipps, who married Frederick Guest (a grandson of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and Winston Churchill 's first cousin); John Shaffer Phipps , married Margarita Celia Grace (a daughter of Irish merchant Michael P. Grace ); Helen Margaret Phipps, who married Bradley Martin Jr. (brother-in-law of
48-665: Was the nom de course for a Thoroughbred racing partnership formed in 1926 by Gladys Mills Phipps and her brother, Ogden Livingston Mills . They became a major owner and breeder in Thoroughbred racing with numerous champions including 1957 American Horse of the Year Bold Ruler who went on to be an eight-time Leading sire in North America and whose progeny included the legendary Secretariat . Phipp's daughter and her husband Stuart also became involved in
56-580: Was the 50th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury . As a wedding present, her father bought them a marble‐fronted townhouse at East 85th Street and Fifth Avenue . They also had a home Westbury , which reportedly cost $ 800,000, a home in Palm Beach, Florida , known as Heamaw. Together, they were the parents of: Phipps died at his winter home in Palm Beach on March 21, 1953. His estate was left to his widow, who died in 1970. Through his son Ogden, he
64-710: Was the grandfather of Ogden Mills Phipps (1940–2016), a financier and horse breeder who served as chairman of the family's Bessemer Trust until his retirement in 1994. Through his daughter Barbara, he was the maternal grandfather of Stuart S. Janney III (b. 1948), a lawyer, financier and fellow horseman. Filly A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare . There are two specific definitions in use: Fillies are sexually mature by two and are sometimes bred at that age, but generally, they should not be bred until they themselves have stopped growing, usually by four or five. Some fillies may exhibit estrus as yearlings . The equivalent term for
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