Carroll Chevalier Carstairs MC (20 March 1888 – 2 October 1948) was an American

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who served in the

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of the

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during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. He was a son of Charles Stewart Carstairs (2 August 1865 – 9 July 1928), a noted American

who was chairman of the board of M.

Knoedler M. Knoedler & Co. was an art dealership in New York City founded in 1846. When it closed in 2011, amid lawsuits for fraud, it was one of the oldest commercial art galleries in the US, having been in operation for 165 years. History Knoedler dat ...

, and his wife, the former Esther Holmes Hazeltine (29 April 1864 – 15 January 1907). He had three siblings: diplomatic attaché Charles Haseltine Carstairs (August, 1886-26 October 1919), James Stewart Carstairs (2 June 1890 – 20 September 1932), an artist; and socialite Elizabeth Haseltine "Lily" Carstairs, (aka Mrs. John Henry Towers, Mrs. Martin Brown Saportas; 2 November 1892-April, 1977). Carstairs wrote the book ''A Generation Missing'', his memoir of the conflict, which was published in 1930. He married, 20 March 1924, Susan Burks Yuille (5 April 1901 – 28 June 1978). Susan Burks' sister was married to

Richard Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, (18 May 1887 – 28 August 1965) was an Irish peer. The son of Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, he succeeded to the Earldom in 1952 on t ...

, and Susan Burks was the aunt of Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven. Carroll and Burks Carstairs had no children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carstairs, Carroll 1888 births 1948 deaths British Army personnel of World War I American historical novelists Recipients of the Military Cross Grenadier Guards officers American art dealers American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers