Carroll Livingston Wainwright (December 2, 1899 – July 6, 1967) was an American artist and socialite.

Early life

Wainwright was born on December 2, 1899, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Stuyvesant Wainwright (1863–1930) and Caroline Smith Snowden (1865–1960). His siblings included Stuyvesant Wainwright (1891–1975) J. Howard Wainwright, and Loudon Snowden Wainwright (1898–1942). After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried to Dr. Carl F. Wolff (1864–1934), and his father remarried to Sarah Hughes. He was a nephew of General Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (1883–1953), a four star-general who was the hero of Bataan and commander of the U.S. forces in the Philippines during World War II. Through his brother, Loudon, he was the uncle of

Loudon Wainwright Jr. Loudon Snowden Wainwright Jr. (December 16, 1924 – December 12, 1988) was an American writer. He was the father of folk singer Loudon Wainwright III and singer Sloan Wainwright, and grandfather to Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy W ...

, and the grand-uncle of Loudon Wainwright III, the singer and songwriter, himself the father of Rufus Wainwright,

Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She has released seven critically-acclaimed studio albums. Wainwright is the daughter of musicians Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III a ...

, and

Lucy Wainwright Roche Lucy Wainwright Roche (born December 16, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Preceded by two EPs, ''8 Songs'' and ''8 More'', Roche released her debut album, ''Lucy'' in October 2010. In 2013, she starred as Jeri in the ''Stuff You Should Kno ...

. His paternal grandparents were Margaret (

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) Wainwright and John Howard Wainwright, who was the son of the Bishop of New York, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright. His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Robinson Smith and

Archibald Loudon Snowden Archibald Loudon Snowden (August 11, 1835 – September 7, 1912) was an American politician and diplomat during the late 19th century. Early life Snowden was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1835. He was a son of Margery ...

, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Serbia, Romania and Greece. He was a direct descendant of

Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Net ...

, the last Dutch governor of New York.

Career

After his marriage in 1920, he became a

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broker. In 1923, he left Wall Street and became a painter, continuing nearly the rest of his life. He focused his art on painting miniatures. In 1927, the family moved to

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, where they built an imposing house called "Gulf Crest," that was valued at $350,000 in 1937.

Military service

During World War I, he left the Pawling School, and enlisted in the

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, where he served patrol boat duty. In 1942, Wainwright again enlisted, serving on an anti-submarine patrol sailing ship out of Greenport.

Personal life

On May 27, 1920, Wainwright eloped and married 18 year-old

Edith Catherine Gould Edith Catherine MacNeal ( Gould, formerly Wainwright) (August 3, 1901 – September 10, 1937) was an American heiress and writer. Early life Edith was born aboard her father's yacht, ''Sybarite'', on August 3, 1901, while it was anchored off Co ...

(1900–1937). She was the daughter of millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864-1923) and Edith M. Kingdon (1864-1921). Before their divorce in 1932, they became the parents of: * Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921–2010), who represented New York's 1st District in the

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from 1953 to 1961. * Caroline DePeyster Wainwright (1924–1969), who married Edward T. Shean, an investment banker, in 1945. They divorced in 1963. * Carroll Livingston Wainwright Jr. (1925–2016), who married Nina Walker in 1948. In February 1931, he was committed to the Bloomingdale Hospital at White Plains by his brothers. In their suit, they claimed he had been subject to hallucinations since 1916, when he had pneumonia and an appendicitis operation. They claimed he had suffered breakdowns in 1916, 1923 and 1929 because of overwork and the strenuous demands of society. Three months later, he was released. After their divorce in January 1932, his ex-wife immediately married Sir Hector MacNeal, the Scottish shipowner. There was no property settlement. Wainwright died in 1967 in East Hampton on Long Island.

References

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