Jay Gould II

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| name = Jay Gould II

| image = JayGouldII 01.gif

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|9|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|1|26|1888|9|1|mf=y}}

| death_place = Margaretville, New York, US

| alma_mater = Columbia College

| occupation = Tennis player

| spouse = Anne Douglass Graham

| parents = George Jay Gould
Edith Kingdon

| relatives = Jay Gould (grandfather)

| children = Jay Gould III

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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 (London, 1908, then under the name jeu de paume).{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/18215 |title=Jay Gould |work=Olympedia |access-date=30 March 2021}} He held the U.S. Amateur Championship title continuously from 1906 to 1925, winning 18 times (no tournaments were held during the U.S. involvement in World {{nowrap|War I}}).{{cite web| url=http://www.uscourttennis.com/| title=United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation, Trivia Corner| access-date=July 26, 2006| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718095018/http://www.uscourttennis.com/| archive-date=July 18, 2006}} During the same period, he never lost a set to an American amateur, and lost only one singles match, to English champion E.M. Baerlein.Allison Danzig, The Racquet Game (Macmillan 1930), 66. The court built for him by his father at the family's Georgian Court estate was restored in 2005. Jay {{nowrap|Gould II}} is the great-great-uncle of US Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould, who qualified to race in the London 2012 Olympiad.

Biography

He was born on September 1, 1888, to George Jay Gould. He was educated at Columbia College and was a member of the class of 1911. He was already a national and world champion in court tennis as a freshman at Columbia.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ee0-AQAAMAAJ&q=jay+gould+columbia+tennis&pg=PA746|title=Munsey's Magazine|date=1907|publisher=Frank A. Munsey & Company|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89rmAAAAMAAJ&q=jay+gould+columbia+tennis&pg=PA261|title=Columbia Alumni News|date=1923|publisher=Alumni Council of Columbia University.|language=en}} He also played squash for the Columbia University Club of New York.{{Cite news|date=1922-12-08|title=JAY GOULD WINNER IN SQUASH MATCH; Leads Columbia Team to Victory by Easily Beating Bullof Crescent A.C. HARVARD CLUB ADVANCES Downs Princeton Seven to TakeSecond Place in Race for Met.Class A Team Laurels.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/12/08/archives/jay-gould-winner-in-squash-match-leads-columbia-team-to-victory-by.html|access-date=2020-05-25|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|date=1919-04-08|title=JAY GOULD TAKES TITLE AT SQUASH; Court Tennis Champion Beats H.D. Bulkley in Final at Columbia Club.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/04/08/archives/jay-gould-takes-title-at-squash-court-tennis-champion-beats-hd.html|access-date=2020-05-25|issn=0362-4331}}

Marriage and children

He married Anne Douglass Graham, a cousin of Princess Abigail Campbell Kawananakoa and a granddaughter of a Hawaiian chiefess, and had the following children:{{Cite web |title=The Princess Kawananakoa| work = The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981|date = July 22, 1911|publisher= Library of Congress | url = http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064176/1911-07-22/ed-1/seq-7/ | access-date = 9 May 2013 }}

Eleanor Gould, born January 31, 1912, who married successively William N. {{nowrap|Haskill III}} and Ludlow W. Stephens.She married Ludlow W. Stephens on December 26, 1934.
Anne Douglass Gould, (March 5, 1913 to April 4, 1962). 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 |title=Divorced |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793077-2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025115104/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793077-2,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |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 |date=June 17, 1946 |access-date=2008-08-03 }}{{cite news |title=Married |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791685,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215001559/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791685,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2008 |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 |date=September 25, 1944 |access-date=2008-08-03 }}{{cite news |title=Divorced |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888276,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219222242/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,888276,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 19, 2011 |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 |date=July 22, 1946 |access-date=2008-08-03 }}{{cite news |title=Wife of Jay Gould III Wins Divorce Decree |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 }} He next married Blair Roemer Stevens on November 27, 1948.{{cite news |title=Jay Gould 3rd Weds. Marries Mrs. Blair R. Stevens in Westwood, Calif., Church |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/11/29/archives/jay-gould-3d-weds-marries-mrs-blair-r-stevens-in-westwood-calif.html |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 |access-date=2008-08-03 }} Gould married a third time on June 30, 1953, to Lina Romay, the singer and actress.{{cite news |title=Married |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806727,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604193424/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806727,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2007 |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 |date=July 13, 1953 |access-date=2008-08-03 }}{{cite news |title=Lina Romay Becomes Bride of Jay Gould III |url=https://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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525040103/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/887569642.html?dids=887569642:887569642&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jul+02,+1953&author=&pub=The+Hartford+Courant&desc=Lina+Romay+Becomes+Bride+of+Jay+Gould+III&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |work=Hartford Courant |date=July 2, 1953 |access-date=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 |title=Jay Gould Is Dead. Court Tennis Star. Grandson of the Financier Had Held Championship for Quarter of Century.

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/01/28/archives/jay-gould-is-dead-court-tennis-star-grandson-of-the-financier-had.html |quote=Sportsman Succumbs in Up-State Hospital at 46. His Body Brought Here for Funeral. |work=New York Times |date=January 28, 1935 |access-date=2007-07-21 }}