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Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue in Brooklyn, Jerome Park Reservoir, and the Jerome Stakes are all named after him. In 2023 Jerome will be posthumously inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame as a Pillar of the Turf for his contributions to thoroughbred racing.
- Leonard Walter Jerome, November 3, 1817, Pompey, New York, U.S.
- Winston Churchill (grandson)
- 4, including Jennie Jerome
Aug 28, 2017 · Despite an historic disdain for hereditary aristocracy, Americans love to create their own—if transitory—nobility. They are the wealthy, stars, glamorous, or notorious. Leonard Jerome was all that and more: he was a feisty, flamboyant, ultra-wealthy investor, sportsman, diplomat, raconteur, and arts patron.
Jul 18, 2023 · Leonard Jerome was a monumental figure in American society and thoroughbred racing who spearheaded the creation of three iconic New York tracks in the 19th century. By Brien Bouyea.
Jul 19, 2023 · Known as the “King of Wall Street,” Jerome was a flamboyant stock speculator, financier, and patron of the arts who became a powerful figure in the thoroughbred game as the driving force behind...
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Feb 12, 2009 · Leonard Walter Jerome, American financier from New York, and the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill. 3 November 1817 to 3 March 1891. Events. Join. Learn. February 12, 2009. When Heroes Were Ubiquitous. James Jerome of the 10th Mountain Division. “One of the greatest of causes is being fought out, as fought out it will be, to the end.
Oct 21, 2020 · Both are named for Leonard Jerome (1817-1891), wealthy financier and horse racing enthusiast. Jerome was born in upstate Onondaga County and after graduating Princeton, became a successful stock speculator, investing in railroads in which Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt was a partner.
Aug 29, 2008 · Through his maternal grandfather, Leonard Jerome, sometime proprietor and editor of The New York Times, he had at least two forebears who fought against the British in the American War of Independence: one great-grandfather, Samuel Jerome, served in the Berkshire County Militia while another, Major Libbeus Ball, of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment...
