Lorillard Spencer
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Lorillard Spencer was president of Atlantic Aircraft
and was prominent in Newport, Rhode Island
society. He served as the Military Secretary to New York Governor Charles Seymour Whitman.
He married Katherine Emmons Force
, the sister of Madeleine Talmage Force. He died on June 10, 1939 in Newport, Rhode Island
.
troop recorded in history was named after him due to the monetary support provided by his mother, who was an American charity worker in Sulu
, Philippines
. The Lorillard Spencer Trophy serves as the perpetual award to a local Boy Scout council in the Philippines obtaining the highest record of advancement and membership for the year. The trophy is inscribed as "The Lorillard Spencer Trophy Presented by His Mother in Loving Memory of a Loyal Scouter".
Atlantic Aircraft
Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, also known as Fokker-America and Atlantic-Fokker, was a US subsidiary of the Dutch Fokker Company, responsible for sales and information about Fokker imports, and eventually constructing various Fokker designs....
and was prominent in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
society. He served as the Military Secretary to New York Governor Charles Seymour Whitman.
Biography
He was born on July 4, 1883 in New York, New York to father Lorillard Spencer, a prominent person in both New York and Newport society and clubs and mother Caroline Suydam Berryman Spencer, a granddaughter of Stephen Whitney of New York.He married Katherine Emmons Force
Katherine Emmons Force
Katherine Emmons Force Spencer was a Christian missionary in the Philippines and was prominent in Newport, Rhode Island society.-Biography:...
, the sister of Madeleine Talmage Force. He died on June 10, 1939 in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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The earliest Filipino Boy ScoutBoy Scouts of the Philippines
The Boy Scouts of the Philippines is the national Scout organization of the Philippines. Its mission is to imbue in the youth the love of God, country, and fellow men; to train young people to become responsible leaders; and to contribute in nation-building.The BSP was chartered under...
troop recorded in history was named after him due to the monetary support provided by his mother, who was an American charity worker in Sulu
Sulu
Sulu is an autonomous island province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao . Its capital is Jolo and occupies the middle group of islands of the Sulu Archipelago, between Basilan and Tawi-Tawi...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The Lorillard Spencer Trophy serves as the perpetual award to a local Boy Scout council in the Philippines obtaining the highest record of advancement and membership for the year. The trophy is inscribed as "The Lorillard Spencer Trophy Presented by His Mother in Loving Memory of a Loyal Scouter".