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Raymond Rodgers Belmont
Raymond Rodgers Belmont (July 19, 1863 – January 31, 1887) was a champion polo player who took his own life in 1887 with a gunshot. Biography He was born on July 19, 1863, to August Belmont and Caroline Slidell Mackenzie Perry. He attended Harvard University. He participated in the 1886 International Polo Cup with teammates William Knapp Thorn, Foxhall Parker Keene and Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. He died on January 31, 1887, in New York City, New York by shooting himself in the side of the head with a pistol. He was 23 years old. He was buried in the Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, .... External links * References 1863 births 1887 deaths American people of German-Jewish descent American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Rodgers Belmont On Domino Circa 1880 Painted By Gustav Muss-Arnold
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund (other), Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic languages, Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic language, Gothic) and ''regin'' (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph (name), Rudolph, Roland (name), Roland, Rodney (name), Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
