Daniel Lord

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For the Catholic priest and writer, see Daniel A. Lord
Daniel Lord (September 23, 1795 – March 4, 1868) was a 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.

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. He graduated from Yale College in 1814.

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.
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. The firm operated until October 1994.
In 1851 he delivered Yale University on Phi Beta Kappa address.

On May 16, 1818, Lord was married to Susan DeForest (1799–1879), a daughter of Lockwood DeForest…