Raymond Rodgers Belmont (July 19, 1863 – January 31, 1887) was a champion polo player who killed himself 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.

Raymond Rodgers Belmont

He participated in the 1886 International Polo Cup with teammates William Knapp Thorn, Foxhall Parker Keene and Thomas Hitchcock, Sr.

Raymond Rodgers Belmont

He died on January 31, 1887, in New York City 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.

Raymond Rodgers Belmont

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1863 births

1887 deaths

American people of German-Jewish descent

American polo players

Belmont family

Suicides by firearm in New York City

Burials at Common Burying Ground and Island Cemetery

Harvard University alumni

International Polo Cup

Perry family

1880s suicides