George Jay Gould
American railroad executive (1864–1923)
George Jay Gould I (February 6, 1864 – May 16, 1923) was a financier and the son of Jay Gould. He was himself a railroad executive, leading the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW), Western Pacific Railroad (WP), and the Manhattan Railway Company.2
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Born Feb 6, 1864, died May 16, 1923.1
Early life and education
Gould was born on February 6, 1864, the eldest son of Jay Gould (1836–1892) and Helen Day Miller (1838–1889). His father was a leading American railroad developer and speculator who has been described as one of the ruthless robber barons of the Gilded Age, whose success at business made him one of the richest men of his era.
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Career
Occupation: financier, art collector.4
- Date not recordedChair, Missouri Pacific Railway3
Personal life
- BornFeb 6, 1864, New York City5
- DiedMay 16, 1923, French Riviera6
- CitizenshipUnited States7
- ResidenceGeorge J. Gould House8
- SpousesEdith Mary Kingdon9; Guinevere Sinclair married 19229
He married Edith Mary Kingdon (1864–1921), a stage actress (a marriage of which his mother strongly disapproved) and had the following children:
Kingdon Gould, Sr. (1887–1945) who married Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890–1961).
Jay Gould II (1888–1935) who was a tennis player and who married Anne Douglass Graham, a descendant of Hawaiian royalty.
Marjorie Gwynne Gould (1891–1955) who married Anthony Joseph Drexel III, grandson of Anthony Joseph Drexel through Anthony Joseph Drexel, Jr.
Helen Vivien Gould (1893–1931) who married John Graham Hope DeLaPoer Horsley Beresford, 5th Baron Decies (1866–1945).
George Jay Gould II (1896-1963) who married Laura Carter.
Edith Catherine Gould (1901–1937) who married Carroll Livingston Wainwright I (1899–1967; their son was Stuyvesant Wainwright) and after a divorce married Sir Hector Murray MacNeal.
Gloria Gould (1906–1943) who married Henry A. Bishop II, and after a divorce married Wallace McFarlane Barker.
Gould also had a mistress, Guinevere Jeanne Sinclair (1885–1978), and had the following children with her:
George Sinclair Gould (1915–2003) later changed his name to Brodrick (his stepfather's name).
Jane Sinclair Gould (1916–1948)
Guinevere Gould (1922–1968)
After the death of his first wife in 1921, Gould married Sinclair on May 1, 1922. Then with the three children in tow, they moved to England.
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Death and burial
He died of pneumonia on May 16, 1923, on the French Riviera after contracting a fever in Egypt where he visited the tomb of Tutankhamun. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. His estate was valued at $15,054,627 but after debts were paid it was worth $5,175,590 in 1933 dollars.
Legacy
Gould's estate in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, is now the site of Georgian Court University.
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