Kingdon Gould Sr.
Kingdon Gould Sr. (August 15, 1887 – November 7, 1945) was an American financier and champion polo player.[1]
Kingdon Gould Sr. | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Gould in 1917 | |
| Born | August 15, 1887 |
| Died | November 7, 1945 (aged 58) |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Spouse(s) | Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci
(m. 1917) |
| Children | 3, including Edith Kingdon Gould and Kingdon Gould Jr. |
| Parent(s) | George Jay Gould
Edith Kingdon |
| Relatives | Jay Gould, grandfather |
He was born on August 15, 1887 in Manhattan, New York City to George Jay Gould I and Edith M. Kingdon. He attended Columbia University and graduated from the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1909 with a E.M. degree. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity on campus.[2] He served as an officer in World War I.
He married Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890–1961) on July 2, 1917 in Manhattan, New York City.[3] Together they had the following children:
- Silvia Annunziata Gould (1919–1980)
- Edith Kingdon Gould (1920–2004) who married Guy Martin (1911-2014)
- Kingdon Gould Jr. (1925–2018) was Ambassador to Luxembourg and the Netherlands under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.
Time wrote on July 27, 1942 :
To beat the gas & rubber shortage Manhattan’s Mrs. Kingdon Gould took the old family carriages out of moth balls, sent Daughter Edith to buy a pair of horses. Inexperienced Daughter Edith came back with a pair of brewery-truck-model Percherons.[4]
Kingdon died on November 7, 1945.[1] He was buried in his father's mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
- "Kingdon Gould, 58, Long A Financier. Grandson Of Founder Of Family Fortune Dies. Once On Rail Boards. Officer In 1918". New York Times. November 8, 1945. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
Kingdon Gould, financier eldest son of the late George J. and Edith Kingdon Gould, and grandson of Jay Gould, financier and railroad ...
- Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. New York City: Columbia University. 1916. p. 743.
- "Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci". Lincoln Daily Star. July 8, 1917.
Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci, of New York, whose marriage to Kingdon Gould, polo player and millionaire sportsman and son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. ...
- "People". Time. July 27, 1942. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
To beat the gas & rubber shortage Manhattan's Mrs. Kingdon Gould took the old family carriages out of mothballs, sent Daughter Edith to buy a pair of horses. Inexperienced Daughter Edith came back with a pair of brewery-truck-model Percherons.
External links
Media related to Kingdon Gould, Sr. at Wikimedia Commons