Robert Livingston

Who was Robert Livingston?

Robert Livingston of New York, known as Robert of Clermont, son of Robert Livingston the Elder and father of Robert Livingston. He married Margaret Howarden in 1717. He was a member of New York colonial assembly, 1726–27.

Following the death of his father, the first Lord of Livingston Manor, in 1728, most of the manor was inherited by the eldest son Philip Livingston, but 13,000 acres in the southwest corner, later named Clermont, was willed to Robert.

He was involved in the fur trade.