Louis Lasher Lorillard

Louis Lasher Lorillard (November 26, 1849 – October 22, 1910) was a prominent American clubman. Personal life Louis was born on November 26, 1849 in New York City. He was the son of Pierre Lorillard III (1796–1867) and Catherine (née Griswold) Lorillard. Among his large family were siblings, Pierre Lorillard IV; Catherine Lorillard, wife of James Powell Kernochan; Jacob Lorillard; Mary Lorillard, wife of Henry Isaac Barbey; George Lyndes Lorillard, and Eva Lorillard, wife of Lawrence Kip. His paternal grandparents were Pierre Lorillard II and Maria Dorothea (née Schultz) Lorillard. In 1760, his great-grandfather founded P. Lorillard and Company in New York City to process tobacco, cigars, and snuff which, today, is the oldest tobacco company in the U.S. His mother's family owned "the great New York mercantile house of N. L. & G. Griswold, known to their rivals as "No Loss and Great Gain Griswold," importers of rum, sugar, and tea." Career