# Paul Mellon **Paul Mellon** (1907–1999) was the son of [[Andrew Mellon]] and the aesthete branch of the [[Scaife-Mellon Family]] — a major benefactor of the National Gallery of Art (which his father founded), patron of the Yale Center for British Art, and a celebrated Thoroughbred owner. His politics were those of a Cold War–era establishment Republican, not a movement conservative. His son [[Tim Mellon]] became the largest individual political donor of the 2024 cycle. > Status: **stub** — expand his philanthropy and the contrast with the politically active Mellon branches.