Kingdon Gould
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| Kingdon Gould I | |
| Born | August 1, 1887 |
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| Died | November 7, 1945 (aged 58) |
| Spouse | Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890-1961) |
| Children | Edith Kingdon Gould Kingdon Gould, Jr. |
| Parents | George Jay Gould I Edith Kingdon |
| Relatives | Jay Gould, grandfather |
Kingdon Gould I (August, 1887 – November 7, 1945) was a financier.
He was the son of George Jay Gould I (1864-1923) and Edith M. Kingdon (1864-1921). He married Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890-1961) and had the following children:
- Silvia Annunziata Gould (1919-1980)
- Edith Kingdon Gould (1920-2004) who married Guy Martin (1911-?)
- Kingdon Gould, Jr. (1925-) was Ambassador to Luxembourg and the Netherlands uder Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.
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. [1]
[edit] Death
Kingdon was buried in his father’s mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
[edit] References
- ^ "People", Time (magazine), July 27, 1942. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "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."
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