Kingdon Gould, Sr.

Kingdon Gould Sr. (August 15, 1887 – November 7, 1945) was a financier and champion polo player.

Biography
He was born on August 15, 1887 in Manhattan, New York City to George Jay Gould I and Edith M. Kingdon. He attended Columbia University and graduated in 1909. He served as an officer in World War I.

He married Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci (1890–1961) on July 2, 1917 in Manhattan, New York City. Together they 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 under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.

Time wrote on July 27, 1942 :

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.

Death
Kingdon died on November 7, 1945. He was buried in his father’s mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.