and established numerous riding trails and carriage roads on his Princemere estate in Wenham. Prince was one of the nine founding members of the National Steeplechase Association, created in 1895 to organize competitive steeplechase racing. In Pau, where he had a villa, he served as the master of foxhounds for the Pau Hunt from 1910 to 1939 and was a generous member of the English Club. Personal life In 1884, Prince was married to Abigail Kinsley Norman (1860–1949), a daughter of George H. Norman and Abby Durfee ( Kinsley) Norman of Newport. Together, they had two sons: Frederick Henry Prince Jr. (1885–1962), who married Elizabeth Harding, a daughter of William P. G. Harding, in 1917. They divorced and she married Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer and he married Virginia Lucy ( Mitchell) Higginson, a daughter of Clarence Blair Mitchell and widow of James J. Higginson Jr. Norman Prince (1887–1916), who died while flying with the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. He died in Biarritz on February 2, 1953. Residences The Prinecs had a number of significant residences. They had a home in Biarritz, and a villa in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, known as Villa Sainte-Hélène (today the residence of the Préfet des Pyrénées-Atlantiques). He had a home in Boston, including Princemere, a estate at Wenham, Massachusetts he purchased in the 1890s. On the estate, he built a stone mansion in 1911. He also had a home in Aiken, South Carolina. In 1932, Prince bought Marble House at Newport, Rhode Island from Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (formerly Alva Vanderbilt). They had previously rented Crossways, the former Stuyvesant Fish estate that was then owned by Mrs. Morris de Peyster. Legacy In 1947, Frederick H. Prince and his wife established the Prince Charitable Trusts, that was a benefactor to various philanthropic endeavors in the city of Chicago, Washington, D.C. and the state of Rhode Island. Following his death, Gordon College relocated to the Princemere estate in 1955. Today, his former home is known as Frost Hall and houses many of the College's faculty and administrative offices, as well as the Admissions Department. References External links The International Tennis Club of Washington Prince Charitable Trusts 1860 births 1953 deaths America's Cup sailors American investors American people in rail transportation American male sailors (sport) American philanthropists Harvard University alumni Masters of foxhounds in the United States Members of the New York Yacht Club People from