Robert Gould Shaw II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Gould Shaw II

landowner and socialite

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1872

Place of Birth: Beacon Hill, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1930

Profession: socialite

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Robert Gould Shaw II (sometimes referred to as RGS II) (June 16, 1872 — March 29, 1930) was a wealthy landowner, international polo player of the Myopia Hunt Club [Biographical History of Massachusetts, Eliot, Vol.
IX] and socialite of the leisure class in the greater Boston area of Massachusetts.
He was one of the prominent figures of the boom years at the turn of the century, sometimes called the Gilded Age. Born in 1872 into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Boston, he was a first cousin of Robert Gould Shaw (called RGS).
As an adult, RGS II gained a reputation for alcohol abuse and promiscuity.
His first wife was Nancy Witcher Langhorne, and they had a son, Robert Gould Shaw III (called RGS III or "Bobby").
RGS II and Langhorne divorced after four years of marriage.
She moved to England after some time, where she met and married Waldorf Astor, who later succeeded his father as Viscount. RGS II married again and had another son, Louis Agassiz Shaw II.
Both of his sons suffered from depression, alcoholism, and legal difficulties.
Bobby was arrested in England for homosexuality; he eventually committed suicide in 1970.
Louis Agassiz Shaw II murdered his 60-year-old maid in 1964, for which he never stood trial.
He was determined to be unfit for trial and was remanded instead to a psychiatric hospital, where he resided for nearly the rest of his life.