Morgan Belmont (March 19, 1892 – September 17, 1953) was an American banker who was head of
August Belmont & Co., the banking firm.
Biography
He was born on March 19, 1892, in
Hempstead, New York
The Town of Hempstead is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York, United States. The town's combined population was 793,409 at the 2020 census.
It occupies the s ...
, to
August Belmont Jr.
August Belmont Jr. (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York City Subway line (1900–1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, whi ...
and Bessie Hamilton Morgan.
[ He attended ]Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
and graduated in 1914. He became a senior partner in the investment house of August Belmont & Co. He retired in 1925.
In 1915, he married Margaret Frances Andrews
Margaret Frances Andrews (1894 – November 2, 1945) was a Newport, Rhode Island, socialite and prize-winning show dog breeder.
Biography
She was born in 1894 to Paul A. Andrews in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1915 she married Morgan Belmont (189 ...
. Her daughter, Margaret Andrews Morgan Belmont, was born in August 1917.East Hampton, New York
East Hampton is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York United States. It is located at the eastern end of the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island. It is the easternmost town i ...
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References
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Harvard University alumni
1892 births
1953 deaths
Belmont family
People from Hempstead (village), New York
American bankers
American people of German-Jewish descent