Alma mater Yale University Role Samuel Colt's son Occupation Inventor, yachtsman Parents Samuel Colt | Religion Episcopalian Education Yale University Name Caldwell Colt Uncles John C. Colt | |
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Full Name Caldwell Hart Colt Born November 24, 1858 ( 1858-11-24 ) Hartford, Connecticut, United States Relatives Samuel Colt, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt Died January 21, 1894, Punta Gorda, Florida, United States Grandparents Christopher Colt, Sarah Colt | ||
Caldwell Hart Colt (November 24, 1858 – January 21, 1894) was an American inventor and yachtsman. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Samuel Colt, founder of Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt's Manufacturing Company) and Elizabeth Jarvis Colt. Caldwell Colt attended Yale University and was known later in life for being a yachtsman. He served as vice-commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1888 and commodore of the Larchmont Yacht Club from 1892–1893.
Following in his father's footsteps as a gunmaker, in 1879 he designed the Colt double barrel rifle. This rifle was chambered in .45-70 Government and is one of the rarest Colt firearms that was ever made.
Colt drowned at sea at the age of 35 near Punta Gorda, Florida while piloting his ship, The Dauntless. His mother had a parish house built near Armsmear in his name opposite the Church of the Good Shepherd. The building was designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter who designed the earlier church on the site. The Church of the Good Shepherd and Parish House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.