Ingersoll Lockwood (2 August 1841 – 30 September 1918) was an
American lawyer and writer. As a writer, he is particularly known today
for his Baron Trump children’s novels. However, he wrote other
children’s novels, as well as the dystopian novel, 1900: or; The Last
President, a play, and several non-fiction works. He wrote some of his
non-fiction under the pseudonym Irwin Longman.
Lockwood was born in Ossining, New York, the son of Munson
Ingersoll and Sarah Lewis (n?e Smith) Lockwood. Munson Lockwood,
like his two older brothers, Ralph and Albert, was a lawyer and intimate
friend of Henry Clay. However, Munson primarily achieved prominence
during his military service and civic activism. He was a general in the
New York State Militia and commandant of its 7th Brigade. A great
admirer of the Hungarian statesman and freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth,
Munson actively raised funds for him in New York. He was also one of
the founders of Ossining’s first bank and Dale Cemetery and served as
the Warden of Sing Sing prison from 1850 to 1855. Lockwood had two
brothers, Henry Clay Lockwood and Howard Lockwood.
