Edmund Lincoln Baylies, Jr. (December 2, 1857 – April 29, 1932) was a New York City lawyer, philanthropist, and member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.

Edmund Lincoln, , son of Edmund Lincoln  and Nathalie (Ray) Baylies, was born in New York City, December 2, 1857.  He was graduated from Philip's Exeter Academy in 1875, and from Harvard University in 1879, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  This was supplemented by a course at the Columbia Law School, from which he also received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Bar in 1882, and on his return from a trip around the world he began the practice of law.  He is now a member of the law firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn.  

In 1902 he was appointed secretary to the special embassy of the United States to the Coronation of King Edward VII of England.

He is vice-president of the Mexican Telegraph Company, trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and of Greenwood Cemetery. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Century, Knickerbocker, University, Down Town, City and New York Yacht clubs.

He lived in New York City at 20 West Thirty-Sixth Street and his law office was located at 54 Wall Street.

         Mr. Baylies married, January 18, 1887, Louisa, daughter of the late Alexander Van Rensselaer, of Albany, New York, patroon, thus becoming connected with one of the very foremost old families of New York if not of the country. 

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Edmund Lincoln, (2), son of Edmund Lincoln (1) and Nathalie (Ray) Baylies, was born in New York City, December 2, 1857. He was graduated from Philip's Exeter Academy in 1875, and from Harvard University in 1879, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. This was supplemented by a course at the Columbia Law School, from which he also received the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the Bar in 1882, and on his return from a trip around the world he began the practice of law.

He became a member of the lawfirm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. In 1902 he was appointed secretary to the special embassy of the United States to the coronation of Kind Richard VII of England. He was vice-president of the Mexican Telegraph Company, trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and of Greenwood Cemetery. He was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Society of the Cincinnati, the Century, Knickerbocker, University, Down Town, City and New York Yacht clubs.

         Mr. Baylies married, January 18, 1887, Louisa, daughter of the late Alexander Van Rensselaer, of Albany, New York, patroon, thus becoming connected with one of the very foremost old families of New York if not of the country.