augustbelmontjr

August Belmont, Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont,_Jr. Father-in-law of socialite Margaret Andrews.

Thanks for your research Cynthia Wenslow. We'll fill in the name in the caption and add the date to this record the next time we update.

This is August Belmont, Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont,_Jr. Eleanor Robson Belmont, English actress en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Robson_Belmont "She worked as an actress for ten years before retiring when she was married to August Belmont Jr. They were inseparable from 26 February 1910 until his death on 10 December 1924." Possibly Mrs. William Butler Duncan? "William Butler Duncan, known as Butler Duncan, was born in New York in 1853. His father, William Butler Duncan was from Scotland, and completed his college education in this country. He became a banker in New York City and then President and Chairman of the Board of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 until his death in 1912." www.mysticseaport.org/Library/manuscripts/coll/coll215/co...

This is the wife of W. Butler Duncan, JUNIOR. Mrs. W. Butler Duncan, SENIOR died in 1905 -- see NYT obit online. See also this companion photo in the Bain/LOC photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163770682/in/p...

A fine collection of hats!

This is August Belmont, Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Belmont,_Jr. Eleanor Robson Belmont, English actress en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Robson_Belmont "She worked as an actress for ten years before retiring when she was married to August Belmont Jr. They were inseparable from 26 February 1910 until his death on 10 December 1924." Possibly Mrs. William Butler Duncan? "William Butler Duncan, known as Butler Duncan, was born in New York in 1853. His father, William Butler Duncan was from Scotland, and completed his college education in this country. He became a banker in New York City and then President and Chairman of the Board of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 until his death in 1912." www.mysticseaport.org/Library/manuscripts/coll/coll215/co...

Dear LOC - there is a typo in your title (no "e" on August)

Equina27: Thanks! We'll fix the typo in the source data and reload the description.

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Barracuda was a 33' long trunk cabin motor launch built in Amityville, NY in 1916 for August Belmont, Jr. From September 5-12, 1916 Barracuda and other power yachts of the areatook part in a week of Naval Maneuvers in the New York area. They practiced signalling, sub hunting, mine sweeping. When not signalling, sailing or saluting the owners hung out at the (oft mentioned in this photostream) Atlantic Yacht Club. Barracuda was offered to the Navy for service in 1917, and was inspected and even assigned Hull no. SP-23, but never actually entered Navy service. Belmont himself volunteered for the Army in 1917 (at age 65!) and served as a Major in the Quartermaster Corps in France. (His wife named a colt born during his absence after him. Man o'War went on to have a pretty good racing career

Thanks for this great research Seuss. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Yachts (and owners) selected for the naval manoeuvers are listed in Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 42, page 1668