Henry Hamilton Honoré was an American

United States

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 businessman.
Honoré moved to Chicago, Illinois, from Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

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, Kentucky

Kentucky

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 in 1855 and made his fortune in real estate

Real estate

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. Henry Honoré fathered six children with his wife, Eliza J. Carr: Adrian C., Bertha (known as Cissie)

Bertha Palmer

Bertha Palmer was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.- Biography :Born Bertha Matilde Honoré in Louisville, Kentucky, her father was businessman Henry Hamilton Honoré...

, Henry, Nathaniel, Ida

Ida Marie Honoré

Ida Marie Honoré Grant was an American socialite, philanthropist, and ambassador's wife.-Biography:Born Ida Marie Honoré in Louisville, Kentucky, her father was businessman Henry Hamilton Honoré. Ida attended St...

, and Lockwood.

Honoré's daughter, Bertha

Bertha Palmer

Bertha Palmer was an American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist.- Biography :Born Bertha Matilde Honoré in Louisville, Kentucky, her father was businessman Henry Hamilton Honoré...

, married millionaire real estate developer Potter Palmer

Potter Palmer

Potter Palmer was an American businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street in Chicago.-Retailing career:...

 in 1871, shortly before the Great Chicago Fire

Great Chicago Fire

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 destroyed the Honoré Building at Adams and Dearborn in downtown Chicago.

Another daughter, Ida Marie Honoré, married General Frederick Dent Grant

Frederick Dent Grant

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, son of President Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant

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, in Chicago in 1874. Through this marriage, Honoré became the grandfather of American writer Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant

Julia Dent Cantacuzène Spiransky-Grant

Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Spiransky, Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Spiransky, was an American author and the first born grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant, born in the White House during her grandfather's presidency. She was the daughter of Frederick Dent Grant, and Frederick's...

, also known as Princess Cantacuzène, who chronicled the Russian Revolution from a first-person perspective.

Honoré was responsible for the assemblage of lots and acreage along Dearborn Street, creating an office and commercial district. Honore St. (1832W) in Chicago is named after him.