Robert Goelet Jr. (1841 - 1899)

Born 29 Sep 1841 in New York City

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Died 27 Apr 1899 at age 57 in Naples, Italy

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Robert Goelet, the present (1898) head of one of the most prominent of the Old New York families, is the oldest son of the late Robert Goelet and Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Ogden was born in New York City, September 29, 1841; in 1860 was graduated from Columbia College, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He has never practiced his profession, but has devoted himself to directing the business policy in connection with the large estates inherited by himself and his brother, the late Ogden Goelet, who were heirs not only of their father, but of their uncle, Robert Goelet, who died in 1879.

He has been a pioneer among the inheritors of extensive real estate holdings in New York City in erecting notable and attractive buildings, from an architectural standpoint, upon the properties under his control. He is also an officer of some of the most powerful financial institutions of the city. He is a trustee of the Union Trust Company, and the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company, and director of the Chemical National Bank, the Bank of New Amsterdam, the Guaranty Trust Company, and the Metropolitan Opera Company. His father and his uncle were among the founders of the Chemical Bank, while he himself in 1887 was one of the founders of the Bank of New Amsterdam, established with a financial policy similar to that which has given the older institution its novel pre-minence. He has country places at New Port, R.I., and Tuxedo, N.Y.

His steam yacht Nahma, is one of the most magnificent pleasure palaces afloat. He is a member of the Patriarchs, the Union, Metropolitan, Knickerbocker, Tuxedo, Racquet Players, New York Yacht, and South Side Sportsmans Club, the City Bar Association, the Upton Association, the St. Nicholas and Holland Socities and the Columbia Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Club of Washington, the Philadelphia Club of Philadelphia and the Royal Clyde Yacht Club of Glasgow, Scotland.

He married in 1879 Henritta Louise, daughter of the late George Henry Warren, Sr., an eminent lawyer of New York City, and of Mary Caroline, daughter of Hon. Jonas Phillips Phoeniz, and has a son, Robert Walton Goelet, and a daughter Beatrice.

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1.2.4.3.1.2.2.1.1 (33) i. Robert W. Goelet.

1.2.4.3.1.2.2.1.2 (34) ii. Beatrice Goelet.

Robert's died on 27 April 1899 in Naples, Italy.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. (15 October 2019). Robert Goelet. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 January 2020 by Clare Spring from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Goelet&oldid=921461513.

• Source: [1] "A New Edition Of The Cossart Family History Originally Compiled And Published By The Cossart Family Association In 1939"

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Wikipedia:Robert_Goelet