C. Temple Emmet

Christopher Temple Emmet (July 8, 1868 – July 22, 1957) was an American attorney and sportsman. Early life Emmet was born on July 8, 1868, in Pelham, New York. He was one of ten children born to William Jenkins Emmet (1826–1905) and Julia Colt (née Pierson) Emmet (1829–1908). His siblings included Robert Temple Emmet, who was awarded the Medal of Honor; Rosina Hubley Emmet, a painter who was the mother of playwright Robert E. Sherwood; William LeRoy Emmet, an electrical engineer; Devereux Emmet, a pioneering golf course architect; Richard Stockton Emmet; Lydia Field Emmet, a prominent portraitist; and Jane Erin Emmet, also a prominent portraitist who married British impressionist painter Wilfrid de Glehn. His maternal grandparents were Josiah Gilbert Pierson and Julia Boudinot (née Colt) Pierson and his paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Emmet and Rosina (née Hubley) Emmet. His father was a grandson of New York Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet. Two of his uncles, Richard Stockton Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet, were married to sisters, Katharine "Kitty" Temple and Ellen James "Bay" Temple, both first cousins of British author Henry James.