death_date death_place religion birth_place relatives name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
21 january 1894 punta gorda , florida united states episcopalian hartford , connecticut , united states samuel colt , elizabeth jarvis colt caldwell hart colt 24 november 1858 caldwell hart colt
 caldwell hart colt inventor , yachtsman yale university
caldwell hart colt

caldwell hart colt -lrb- november 24 , 1858 -- january 21 , 1894 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 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 gun maker , 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 elizabeth jarvis colt , 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 .
