Jay Gould II

"See: Jay Gould (disambiguation)"

Infobox Person
name = Jay Gould II


image_size = 200px
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birth_date = birth date|1888|9|1|mf=y
birth_place = New York City
death_date = death date and age|1935|1|26|1888|9|1|mf=y
death_place = Margaretville, New York
occupation = Tennis player
spouse = Anne Douglass Graham
parents = George Jay Gould I
Edith Kingdon
relatives = Jay Gould (grandfather)
children=Jay Gould III

Jay Gould II (September 1, 1888 – January 26, 1935) was an American real tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould. He was the world champion (1914–1916) and the Olympic gold medalist (1908, under the name jeu de paume). He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906–1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in World War I). [cite web| url=http://www.uscourttennis.com/| title=United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation, Trivia Corner| author=| accessmonthday=July 26 | accessyear=2006| ] The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005.

Biography

He was born on September 1, 1888 to George Jay Gould I.

Marriage and children

He married Anne Douglass Graham, and had the following children:
*Eleanor Gould, born January 31, 1912, who married successively William N. Haskill III and Ludlow W. Stephens. [She married Ludlow W. Stephens on December 26, 1934]
*Anne Douglass Gould, born March 5, 1913. She married and divorced Frank Spencer J. Meador, Herman H. Elsbury, Gus Wagoner, Ezra Wogoman, and Donald Valentine
*Jay Gould III (May 13, 1920 - May 11, 1987). He was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Jennifer Beryl Bruce, the daughter of Nigel Bruce, in 1944 and divorced in 1946. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Divorced |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793077-2,00.html |quote=Jay Gould III, 26, great-grandson of the late railroad tycoon, still had a wife. Jennifer Bruce Gould, 21, daughter of Cinemactor Nigel Bruce, was refused a divorce by a Los Angeles judge who judged her complaints insufficient. Some of them: Husband Jay wouldn't let her dance or play tennis with anybody but him, didn't like her theatrical friends, demanded full-fashioned meals, and was too demonstrative in his public lovemaking. |work=Time (magazine) |date=June 17, 1946 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Married |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791685,00.html |quote=Navy Air Forces Lieut. Jay Gould III, 24, great-grandson of the late great manipulator Jay Gould; and Jennifer Beryl Bruce, 19, daughter of veteran British character actor Nigel Bruce; in Beverly Hills, Calif. |work=Time (magazine) |date=September 25, 1944 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Divorced |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888276,00.html |quote=Jay Gould III, 27, wartime AAFlyer, namesake and great-grandson of the Erie railroad tycoon; by Jennifer Bruce Gould, 21, pert, pretty daughter of Cinemactor Nigel Bruce; after nearly two years of marriage, one child; in Los Angeles. |work=Time (magazine) |date=July 22, 1946 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wife of Jay Gould III Wins Divorce Decree |url= |quote=Jay Gould III was accused of "indiscreetly" attending a party at a San Francisco hotel with another woman just three months after his marriage to actress ... |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 9, 1946 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] He next married Blair Roemer Stevens on November 28, 1948. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Jay Gould 3rd Weds. Marries Mrs. Blair R. Stevens in Westwood, Calif., Church |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A16F63C581B728DDDA00A94D9415B8888F1D3 |quote=Blair Roemer Stevens, were reported to be at Lake Arrowhead today after their marriage last evening in the village church ... |work=New York Times |date=November 29, 1948 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] Gould married a third time on July 2, 1953 to Elena Romay, the actress. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Married |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806727,00.html |quote=Jay Gould III, 32, namesake and great-grandson of the fabulous railroad financier; and Lina Romay, 29, dark-eyed songstress of stage (Michael Todd's Peep Show) and screen (The Man Behind the Gun); he for the third time, she for the second; in Los Angeles. |work=Time (magazine) |date=July 13, 1953 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Lina Romay Becomes Bride of Jay Gould III |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/887569642.html?dids=887569642:887569642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jul+02%2C+1953&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Lina+Romay+Becomes+Bride+of+Jay+Gould+III&pqatl=google |quote= |work=Hartford Courant |date=July 2, 1953 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ]

Death

He died on January 26, 1935, at Margaretville, New York. The cause of death was "hemorrhage of the esophagus brought on by a complexity of ailments." [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Jay Gould Is Dead. Court Tennis Star. Grandson of the Financier Had Held Championship for Quarter of Century.
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0716F93959107A93CAAB178AD85F418385F9 |quote=Sportsman Succumbs in Up-State Hospital at 46. His Body Brought Here for Funeral. |publisher=New York Times |date=January 28, 1935 |accessdate=2007-07-21 ]

References

ee also

* Real tennis world champions

External links

* [http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=gould&GSmid=46580804&GRid=7804567&pt=George%20Jay%20Gould& Findagrave: Jay Gould II]
* [http://richard.arthur.norton.googlepages.com/jaygouldiibibliography Jay Gould II bibliography]