Robert Livingston Gerry, Jr.

Robert Livingston Gerry Jr. (December 5, 1911 – December 21, 1979) was an American polo player and heir to both the prominent Gerry and Harriman families.

Early life Gerry was born in New York City on December 5, 1911, to Robert L. Gerry Sr. and Cornelia Harriman. His eldest brother was Elbridge T. Gerry, Sr. and his younger twin brothers were Henry Averell Gerry and Edward Harriman Gerry. Robert's father, a successful real estate developer, died at the family's estate, Aknusti, at the age of 81 on October 31, 1957, just a few hours after his brother, former U. S. Senator Peter Goelet Gerry, died in Providence, Rhode Island.

Family Robert L. Gerry Jr. was the nephew of U.S. Senator Peter Goelet Gerry, Governor W. Averell Harriman, Junior League founder Mary Harriman, and E. Roland Harriman. His maternal grandfather was railroad baron E.H. Harriman and his paternal great-great grandfather was Thomas Russell Gerry, his great-great grandfather was Elbridge Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Vice President of the United States.

The 1939 Bostwick Field team included Pete Bostwick, Robert L. Gerry Jr., Elbridge T. Gerry Sr., Eric Horace Tyrrell-Martin. In the 1940 U.S. Open Polo Championship final, the Aknusti team beat Great Neck. The final score was a close 5 to 4. Playing for Aknusti that year were Gerald Smith, Robert L. Gerry Jr., Elbridge Gerry, and Alan Corey Jr. The 1941 Aknusti team was composed of Elbridge T. Gerry Sr., Robert L. Gerry Jr., Edward H. Gerry, and Pete Bostwick. In the U.S. Open finals, they played against Gulf Stream whose riders were Michael Grace Phipps, Ben Phipps, Charles Skiddy von Stade, and Alan L. Corey Jr., who beat Aknusti 10–6.

Personal life Gerry married Martha Leighton Kramer, daughter of A. Ludlow Kramer. Robert L. Gerry III (born 1937) He later married Harriet Wells.

Gerry inherited family lands in the Catskills, and added to them to create the sprawling estate "Aknusti" (later renamed 'Broadlands'). It has acreage in the townships of Andes, Delhi, and Bovina, New York. It is an almost contiguous estate with a polo field, multiple working farms, a . mountain-ridge sited colonial manor house designed by Walker & Gillette, numerous dependencies, and landscaping done by Frederick Law Olmsted. Gerry owned the property until his death. The property has since been sold multiple times, although it remains intact and owned by Amanresorts. He died in 1979.