Robert Walton Goelet
| Robert Walton Goelet | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 19, 1880 New York, New York |
| Died |
May 2, 1941 (aged 61) New York, New York |
| Occupation | Financier, real estate developer |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Marie Guestier |
| Children |
Beatrice Goelet Francis Goelet Robert Guestier Goelet John Goelet |
| Parent(s) |
Robert Goelet Henrietta Louise Warren |
| Relatives | See Goelet family |
Robert Walton Goelet (March 19, 1880 – May 2, 1941) was a financier and real estate developer in New York City. He was one of the largest property owners in the city by the time of his death.
Early life
Robert Walton Goelet was born on March 19, 1880. His father, Robert Goelet (1841–1899), was a prominent landlord in New York. His mother was Henrietta Louise Warren. His uncle, Ogden Goelet, was the builder of Ochre Court and his first cousin, Robert Wilson Goelet, was the original owner of Glenmere mansion.[1]
Life and career
Upon the death of his mother in 1915, he inherited a fortune estimated to be $40 million.[2]
He was a sportsman and the leader of the city's old-money social set. He was a member of the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia.[2][3]
Real estate
In 1908, he purchased the Sandricourt estate on the outskirts of Paris and spent much time there. His vast real estate holdings in New York included the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Personal life
In 1920, he became engaged to Anne Marie Guestier (1899-1988) and later married her. Together, they had:
- Beatrice Goelet (1922-2015), who married Hayward F. Manice[4] in 1948.[5]
- Robert Guestier Goelet (b. 1924),[6][7] a former Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve[2]
- Francis Goelet (1926-1998),[8] a noted philanthropist and patron of the arts[9]
- John Goelet.
She received the French Legion of Honor for aiding French-American wives during the Second World War and for providing medical services to inhabitants in the vicinity of Sandricourt, the Goelet family estate outside Paris, after it was liberated in August 1944.
Death
On May 2, 1941, Goelet died of a heart attack, aged 61, in his brownstone on Fifth Avenue at 48th Street.[2]
References
- ↑ "Chester Mansion Restored to Glory. A Battle over Frogs". Times Herald-Record. February 7, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
Built by real-estate magnate Robert Goelet, whose family helped found Chemical Bank, the building had been reincarnated as an upscale hotel that ran aground in the 1960s and as a wedding banquet hall that was shuttered in 2007, among other efforts.
- 1 2 3 4 "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...
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths MANICE, BEATRICE GOELET". The New York Times. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "NUPTIALS SATURDAY FOR BEATRICE GOELET". The New York Times. 5 February 1948. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1924- - Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Goelet, Robert G. (Robert Guestier), 1924-". socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths GOELET, FRANCIS". The New York Times. 23 May 1998. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ Kozinn, Allan (23 May 1998). "Francis Goelet, Philanthropist And Music Lover, 72, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2016.