Frederick Henry Prince IV, 70, of
Newport R.I., Marshall V.A. and
Washington, D.C.
died peacefully on
Dec. 16, 2017 at home in Georgetown
from complications resulting from
Parkinson’s Disease. He was surrounded
by family.
Formerly the co-trustee of the
Frederick Henry Prince 1932 Trust,
Chairman of CMD Corporation and co-
managing partner of F.H. Prince & Co,
Inc., he grew the company from a
family-owned concern into an
extremely successful business which
attracted the backing of first rate
institutional investors.
Prince’s greatest passions in life were
his family and his philanthropy. For 40
years, he served as co-trustee of the
Prince Charitable Trusts. Prince helped
form the community of grassroots
activists who were instrumental in
preventing The Walt Disney Company’s
“Disney’s America,” a culturally
insensitive historic theme park, from
encouraging unchecked development,
ruining hallowed Civil War Battlefields,
and destroying the beauty and
integrity of the Virginia countryside.
The impact of Prince’s ongoing support
catalyzed the “smart growth”
movement in the D.C. metropolitan
area. This left a legacy of advocacy,
collaboration and the eventual
protection of over 350,000 acres of
land. In Rhode Island, Prince’s support
helped reinvigorate the Aquidneck Land
Trust which has led to the conservation
of 2,500 acres of open space, equal to
10 percent of the entire island.
Another focus of Prince’s philanthropy
was the morale of hospital staff and
other caregivers. He helped to establish
a protocol for the high-risk group of
caregivers who attend scenes of
disasters involving children.
Frederick H. Prince was born in
Lausanne, Switzerland on July 8, 1947,
the only son of Helen Elizabeth Peirce
and Frederick Prince III of Boston. He
graduated from the Brooks School in
North Andover, Mass. in 1965 and
Columbia University in 1969. He married
Diana Armour Cochrane on February
14th, 1970 in New York City.
Through his father, Prince was
descended from the Oxford-educated
Reverend John Prince who had
immigrated to the U.S. in 1633. Another
ancestor, Frederick Octavius Prince,
was Mayor of Boston. Prince’s
namesake and great grandfather was a
renowned financier and early investor
in railroads. He served as chairman of
the board of the Union Stock Yard, the
Transit Company of Chicago and, in the
1920’s, was a director of Armour & Co.
Prince’s great-uncle, Norman Prince,
and grandfather, Frederick Prince Jr.
were two of the original 37 members of
the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of
American volunteer pilots in World War I
whose dashing exploits helped to turn
the tide of U.S. opinion towards
entering the war.
In his later years, Prince became an
avid sportsman. He was a member of
the Orange County Hunt, a founder of
Prince’s Court in Mc- Lean, V.A. the
first Court Tennis Court to be built in
the U.S. for 74 years and named for
him. He was always a keen skier in the
winter and enthusiastic windsurfer in
the summer. A long standing Governor
of the Spouting Rock Beach Association
in Newport, R.I., he was a member of
the Brook Club in New York City, the
Racquet Club in New York and Chicago,
as well as the Reading Room in
Newport, R.I.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years,
Diana Prince, his sister Elizabeth Prince
de Ramel, his daughter Daisy Prince
Chisholm, his son Octavius Prince and
two grandchildren, Horatio Chisholm
and Theodore Chisholm. The family
would also like to thank Sammy Jimena,
Marcelo Mardones, Marta Ubeda and
Nila Lopez for their years of devoted
and attentive care. Prince’s quality of
life was vastly improved because of
their loving ministrations.
Funeral services will be held at Christ
Church in Georgetown on Friday,
January 5 at 4 p.m.
Newport R.I., Marshall V.A. and
Washington, D.C.
died peacefully on
Dec. 16, 2017 at home in Georgetown
from complications resulting from
Parkinson’s Disease. He was surrounded
by family.
Formerly the co-trustee of the
Frederick Henry Prince 1932 Trust,
Chairman of CMD Corporation and co-
managing partner of F.H. Prince & Co,
Inc., he grew the company from a
family-owned concern into an
extremely successful business which
attracted the backing of first rate
institutional investors.
Prince’s greatest passions in life were
his family and his philanthropy. For 40
years, he served as co-trustee of the
Prince Charitable Trusts. Prince helped
form the community of grassroots
activists who were instrumental in
preventing The Walt Disney Company’s
“Disney’s America,” a culturally
insensitive historic theme park, from
encouraging unchecked development,
ruining hallowed Civil War Battlefields,
and destroying the beauty and
integrity of the Virginia countryside.
The impact of Prince’s ongoing support
catalyzed the “smart growth”
movement in the D.C. metropolitan
area. This left a legacy of advocacy,
collaboration and the eventual
protection of over 350,000 acres of
land. In Rhode Island, Prince’s support
helped reinvigorate the Aquidneck Land
Trust which has led to the conservation
of 2,500 acres of open space, equal to
10 percent of the entire island.
Another focus of Prince’s philanthropy
was the morale of hospital staff and
other caregivers. He helped to establish
a protocol for the high-risk group of
caregivers who attend scenes of
disasters involving children.
Frederick H. Prince was born in
Lausanne, Switzerland on July 8, 1947,
the only son of Helen Elizabeth Peirce
and Frederick Prince III of Boston. He
graduated from the Brooks School in
North Andover, Mass. in 1965 and
Columbia University in 1969. He married
Diana Armour Cochrane on February
14th, 1970 in New York City.
Through his father, Prince was
descended from the Oxford-educated
Reverend John Prince who had
immigrated to the U.S. in 1633. Another
ancestor, Frederick Octavius Prince,
was Mayor of Boston. Prince’s
namesake and great grandfather was a
renowned financier and early investor
in railroads. He served as chairman of
the board of the Union Stock Yard, the
Transit Company of Chicago and, in the
1920’s, was a director of Armour & Co.
Prince’s great-uncle, Norman Prince,
and grandfather, Frederick Prince Jr.
were two of the original 37 members of
the Lafayette Escadrille, a group of
American volunteer pilots in World War I
whose dashing exploits helped to turn
the tide of U.S. opinion towards
entering the war.
In his later years, Prince became an
avid sportsman. He was a member of
the Orange County Hunt, a founder of
Prince’s Court in Mc- Lean, V.A. the
first Court Tennis Court to be built in
the U.S. for 74 years and named for
him. He was always a keen skier in the
winter and enthusiastic windsurfer in
the summer. A long standing Governor
of the Spouting Rock Beach Association
in Newport, R.I., he was a member of
the Brook Club in New York City, the
Racquet Club in New York and Chicago,
as well as the Reading Room in
Newport, R.I.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years,
Diana Prince, his sister Elizabeth Prince
de Ramel, his daughter Daisy Prince
Chisholm, his son Octavius Prince and
two grandchildren, Horatio Chisholm
and Theodore Chisholm. The family
would also like to thank Sammy Jimena,
Marcelo Mardones, Marta Ubeda and
Nila Lopez for their years of devoted
and attentive care. Prince’s quality of
life was vastly improved because of
their loving ministrations.
Funeral services will be held at Christ
Church in Georgetown on Friday,
January 5 at 4 p.m.
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