Colonel Richard Hooker Wilmer Esq., Ld'H
Hereditary Member, admitted 1936
Colonel Richard Hooker Wilmer, Esq., Ld'H
16th President of the New Jersey Society 1947-1953
In office
1953 — 1956
| Preceded by | John Fulton Reynolds Scott |
| Succeeded by | Catesby ap Catesby Jones |
In office
1945 — 1946
| Preceded by | Hughes Dayton |
| Succeeded by | Frederic Beasley Ogden |
In office
1947 — 1953
| Preceded by | Henry Dusenbery Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | Frederic Beasley Ogden |
(2) Great grandson of propositus Richard Cox. Vice-President of the Society of the Cincinnati in New Jersey 1945-1946 and President 1947-1953. President General of the Society of the Cincinnati 1953-1956. Born in Washington, DC on 20 Oct 1892 and died in Washington, DC on 4 Mar 1976. Served in the Reserve Officers Training Camp Aug to Nov 1917. Graduated as 2nd Lieutenant. 1st Lieutenant Coast Artillery Corps World War I Nov 1917 to Apr 1919. Served as Captain, Major then Colonel in the US Army Coast Artillery in World War II 1942-1946. Decorations: Legion of Merit (2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Commander Order of Saints Mauritius and Lazarus of Italy, Chevalier Legion D’Honneur. Yale AB Degree 1915. Colombia LLB Degree 1917, and JD Degree 1969. Chief Legal Advisor to the Allied Commissionin Italy 1944. Attorney and member of the Bar 1917. Member: Society MilitaryOrder of World Wars and American Legion. Married 1st Annie Inman Grant on 2 Jun 1917. Married 2nd Margaret Van Dyke Grant. [Sources: PFAH; ; (C); “Who WasWho”. Pic: Painting at Anderson House.]
Mr. Wilmer was the great-great-grandson of Richard Cox.
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