Background
Belmont, August was born on February 18, 1853 in New York City. Son of late August and Caroline Slidell (Perry) B.
Belmont, August was born on February 18, 1853 in New York City. Son of late August and Caroline Slidell (Perry) B.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1874.
Head of August Belmont & Company, bankers. Chairman of the Board Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company. President Boston, Cape Cod & New York Canal Company.
Trustee Bank for Savings.
Member Metropolitan Museum of Art, S.R.
Married Elizabeth Hamilton Morgan, 1881 (died 1898). Married second, Eleanor Elise Robson, February 26, 1910.