Raymond Rodgers Belmont

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

He was born on July 19, 1863, to August Belmont and Caroline Slidell Mackenzie Perry.

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

He died on January 31, 1887, in New York City by shooting himself in the side of the head with a pistol.

This biographical article related to polo in the United States is a stub.

Raymond Rodgers Belmont on Domino circa 1880 painted by Gustav Muss-Arnolt
Raymond Rodgers Belmont on Domino by Gustav Muss-Arnolt in 1880