Edith Kingdon Gould Martin (August 20, 1920 – August 17, 2004) was an American socialite, linguist, actress, and poet.
She was the daughter of financier Kingdon Gould, Sr., granddaughter of financier George Jay Gould I, and great-granddaughter of Jay Gould the robber baron. She appeared as an actress in the 1946 Broadway production of Agatha Christie's play Hidden Horizon.
Time writes on December 24, 1934:
In October 1942 she joined the WAVES as an apprentice seaman and trained in Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated as an Ensign from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School in Northampton, Massachusetts in April 1944. Later she was promoted to a Lieutenant. She spoke five languages.
She married Isaiah Guyman "Guy" Martin, Jr. (1911-2014) when he was age 35. He was a Navy lieutenant and a lawyer in Judge Advocate General's Corps. They married in Manhattan in October 1946. They had four children: Isaiah Guyman Martin III, Jason Gould Martin, Christopher Kingdon Martin, and Edith Maria Theodosia Burr Martin.
She died on August 17, 2004 in the Catskills.
Edith Kingdon Gould Martin at Find a Grave
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