Robert Goelet
| Robert Goelet | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 29, 1841 New York, New York |
| Died |
April 27, 1899 Naples, Italy |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Real estate developer, corporate director |
| Spouse(s) |
Sarah Ogden Louise Warren |
| Children |
Robert Walton Goelet Beatrice Goelet |
| Parent(s) | Robert Goelet |
| Relatives |
Peter Goelet (uncle) George Henry Warren (father-in-law) Ogden Goelet (brother) |
Robert Goelet (September 29, 1841 – April 27, 1899) was an American heir, businessman and yachtsman from New York City during the Gilded Age.
Biography
Early life
Robert Goelet was born on September 29, 1841 in Manhattan, New York City. His parents resided at 5 State Street, overlooking the Battery in Manhattan. His father, Robert Goelet, was a prominent landlord in New York, as was his uncle, Peter Goelet. He had a brother, Ogden Goelet, who later built Ochre Court in Newport, Rhode Island.
He graduated from Columbia College in 1860 and was subsequently admitted to the bar.
Career
He managed the real estate of his father, Robert Goelet, and his unmarried uncle. After their deaths, he inherited half their fortune. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Chemical National Bank.
Personal life
He married Sarah Ogden (1813–1879). After her death in 1879, he married Louise Warren, the daughter of George Henry Warren of New York, a prominent lawyer. They had a son, Robert Walton Goelet, born in 1880.[1][2] His fifteen-year-old daughter, Beatrice, immortalized as a child by John Singer Sargent,[3] died of pneumonia at the Fifth Avenue house on February 11, 1902.[4] They resided in a townhouse located at 591 Fifth Avenue[5] in Manhattan as well as seasonal residences in Tuxedo Park, New York and Newport, Rhode Island.
He was a member of the exclusive Philadelphia Club, the New York Yacht Club and the Union Club of the City of New York. He was also a member of the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Yachting
His yacht Nahma was designed by George L. Watson and built for him on the River Clyde in 1897. After his death it was extensively used for summer cruising in European waters by his son Robert Walton Goelet, who lent the yacht at no cost to the United States Navy, who operated it as USS Nahma (SP-771) from 1917 to 1919, after which it was returned.
Death
He died on April 27, 1899 in Naples, Italy.[6]
References
- ↑ "Robert W. Goelet Dies In Home At 61. Corporation Director, Owner of Large Realty Holdings Here, Succumbs to Heart Attack. He Inherited $60,000,000. Sportsman, a Leader in Social Circles in Newport and New York, Kin of Early Settlers". New York Times. May 3, 1941. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
Robert Walton Goelet of New York and Newport, R. I., a member of one of New York's oldest and wealthiest families, died of a heart attack yesterday at his ...
- ↑ "Death Claims Robert Goelet Financier, 61. Outstanding Business Executive Was One of Largest Property Owners in New York City". Associated Press in the Hartford Courant. May 3, 1941. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
Robert Walton Goelet, 61, of New York and Newport, R. I., a financier and one of New York's largest property owners, died today in his old brownstone house at 48th Street and Fifth Avenue, one of the few remaining private residences on the...
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- ↑ "Miss Beatrice Goelet dead", The New York Times, 12 February 1902 accessed 24 August 2010.
- ↑ http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/05/lost-robert-goelet-mansion-no-591-5th.html
- ↑ "Death of Robert Goelet. Heart Disease Causes the End Unexpectedly at Naples. His Public Spirit and Benevolence Were of Material Benefit to New York and Newport". New York Times. April 28, 1899. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
News reached this city yesterday of the death in Naples of Robert Goelet, real estate owner, financier, and society leader. Mr. Goelet's legal representative here, Mr. George De Witt, received information that death was caused by heart failure. This intelligence was a startling surprise to Mr. Goelet's New York friends, who, when they saw him in this city not long ago, formed the opinion that he was in excellent health.
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