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Perry Belmont -
eldest son and political heir
Page entitled : Perry
Belmont, the politician
Content of this page is about :
How August Belmont's eldest son Perry Belmont succeeded his father in the
fields of politics, as US Representative and Ambassador to Spain.
Extract :
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August Belmont and
Caroline Slidell Perry had six children. Two predeceased their father : Jane
Pauline, who succumbed in 1875 to a serious stomach disorder, and Raymond,
whose death in 1887 was considered a shooting accident, but could as well
have been a suicide. The other four children succeeded their parents, each
in his or her own way. The other daughter, Fredericka Belmont, was
conspicuously married in a famous social event, on September 19, 1877 at
their parents Newport mansion "By-the-Sea". The groom, Samuel Howland, was a
scion of the famous Howland-Aspinwall dynasty of New York shipping
merchants. ...
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