Richard Jarvis (businessman)

Richard Jarvis
President of Colt's Manufacturing Company
In office
1865–1901
Preceded byElisha K. Root
Succeeded byJohn Hall
Personal details
Born
Richard William Hart Jarvis

(1829-11-30)November 30, 1829
Portland, Connecticut, United States
DiedJanuary 21, 1903(1903-01-21) (aged 73)
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
RelativesSamuel Colt, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt
OccupationBusinessman and industrialist

Richard William Hart Jarvis (November 30, 1829 – January 21, 1903) was an American businessman and industrialist from Connecticut.

Jarvis was the brother-in-law of Samuel Colt who took control of Colt's Manufacturing Company on the death of Elisha K. Root, serving as the company's longest president from 1865 to 1901. Jarvis served the company from the end of the American Civil War through the early 20th century seeing the transition from percussion revolvers to cartridge revolvers to semi-automatic pistols and machine guns.[1]

He died on January 21, 1903, in Hartford, Connecticut and was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. ^ Grant, Ellsworth S. (1982). The Colt legacy: the Colt Armory in Hartford, 1855-1980. Mowbray Co. pp. 22, 58. ISBN 978-0-917218-17-0.
  2. ^ "Richard William Hart Jarvis". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.