Goold H. Redmond


Goold Hoyt Redmond was an American sportsmen and prominent member of society during the Gilded Age.

Early life

Redmond was born in New York City on April 30, 1838. He was the son of William Redmond and Sabina Elizabeth Redmond. Among his siblings were William Redmond, Sabina Redmond Wood, Matilda Redmond, Henry Redmond, Annie Redmond, Mary Redmond, Emily Redmond, and Frances Redmond Livingston. His father, a prominent merchant with Wm. Redmond & Son, was born in Ballymena, County Antrim in Northern Ireland and then moved to Charleston, South Carolina before settling in New York City. He was one of the founders of the Union Club.
His maternal grandparents were Sabina Hoyt and Goold Hoyt, a merchant with Hoyt & Tom who was involved with the East India and China trade and was one of the founders of the Merchants' Exchange National Bank. Redmond was a grand-nephew of Jesse Hoyt, a Collector of the Port of New York who was known for his role in the Swartwout-Hoyt scandal, and Lydig Monson Hoyt, who married Blanche Geraldine Livingston of the Livingston family.

Career

Redmond graduated from Columbia College in 1857, along with classmates Samuel Ward Francis, Elbridge Thomas Gerry, and Daniel S. Tuttle.
He worked in banking and fire insurance, serving as a Trustee to the London Assurance Corporation's indenture in 1871. Redmond also managed real estate in New York City.

Society life

In 1892, Redmond were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. He was also included in the Ultra-fashionable Peerage of America in 1904. Redmond spent time with his family in Newport, Rhode Island in the summer months. He was a member of the New York Zoological Society the Southside Sportsmen's Club of Long Island, and the Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York. He was painted by Jacob H. Lazarus.

Personal life

Redmond, who did not marry, was known as "the greatest beau of New York." Along with Lispenard Stewart and James Parker, Redmond was known for entertaining in "bachelor fashion."
He died at his residence, 6 North Washington Square, on December 21, 1906. After a funeral that was held at Grace Church in Manhattan at 10 o'clock on Christmas Eve, he was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.