Henry Honoré

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Henry Hamilton Honoré (February 19, 1824 – August 16, 1916) was an American businessman who made a fortune in Chicago real estate. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Francis Honoré and Matilda Lockwood Honoré. His siblings included Mary Ann, Benjamin Lockwood Honoré, and Francis Leonidis Honoré. His paternal grandfather, Jean Antoine Honoré, was born in Paris into an old aristocratic family and moved to America in 1781, becoming a successful merchant and helping to establish Kentucky.

In 1855, Honoré moved to Chicago and bought up land along Dearborn Street, helping create a major office and commercial district. Honoré Street in Chicago is named after him. The Honoré Building at Adams and Dearborn was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire.

In 1846, he married Eliza Jane Carr, daughter of Captain John Carr. They had six children. Henry Hamilton Honoré died in Chicago at the age of 93 on August 16, 1916. Through his daughter Ida Marie, he was the grandfather of American writer Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant, also known as Princess Cantacuzène, who wrote about the Russian Revolution from a personal perspective.