Earle, George H Jr

From Aspen Hill, Maryland, USA

George H Earle, Jr (1860-1929), was a prominent Pennsylvania lawyer and banker, who at one time owned much of the land in Aspen Hill, Maryland.

Notability

A scion of a wealthy Philadelphia family, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Philadelphia in 1911, and his son -- George H Earle III -- was governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 1935-1939.

After the infamous Panic of 1907 (wikipedia), he was the author of a piece published by the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, in their journal "Lessons of the Financial Crisis", entitled "the Central Bank as a Menace to Liberty" ("the Central Bank as a Menace to Liberty", Earle, George H Jr, Lessons of the Financial Crisis, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol XXXI, No 2, March, 1908 download).

A dam near Newark, PA, is called the "George H Earle Jr Dam".

Influence on Aspen Hill, Maryland

Shortly before the Panic of 1907, Mr Earle began to purchase large tracts of land in southern and western Aspen Hill.

References

"The Reading Investigation; Mr George H Earle, Jr., Tells of Mr M'Leod's Operations", February 16, 1894, New York Times

"GEORGE H. EARLE, Jr., Receiver of the Chestnut Street National Bank, Plff. in Err., v. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, at the Suggestion and to the Use of the COMMONWEALTH TITLE, INSURANCE, & TRUST COMPANY, Trustee for Mary Rodgers under the Will of Benjamin Milnes, Deceased.", May 14, 1900, United States Supreme Court

"William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil", Pisano, Ronald G; Chase, William Merritt; Baker, D Frederick, downloaded 2009 December 5