Raymond Rodgers Belmont
Raymond Rodgers Belmont on circa 1880 painted by Gustav Muss-Arnolt
Raymond Rodgers Belmont on by Gustav Muss-Arnolt in 1880
Raymond Rodgers Belmont (July 19, 1863 – January 31, 1887) was a champion polo player who took his own life in 1887 with a gunshot.
Biography[]
He was born on July 19, 1863, to August Belmont and Caroline Slidell Mackenzie Perry. He attended Harvard University.
He participated in the 1886 International Polo Cup with teammates William Knapp Thorn, Foxhall Parker Keene and Thomas Hitchcock, Sr.
He died on January 31, 1887, in New York City, New York by shooting himself in the side of the head with a pistol.[1][2] He was buried in the Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.[3]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Young Mr. Belmont's Death. Accidentally Shooting Himself While Practicing With A Pistol" (PDF). New York Times. February 1, 1887. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "A Young Man's Fate". Lewiston Saturday Journal. January 31, 1887. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Raymond Belmont Buried" (PDF). New York Times. April 12, 1887. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
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