[2] 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.

[8] His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Robinson Smith and Archibald Loudon Snowden, who served as U.S.

[10] In 1927, the family moved to East Hampton, New York, where they built an imposing house called "Gulf Crest," that was valued at $350,000 in 1937.

[13] Before their divorce in 1932,[14] they became the parents of: In February 1931, he was committed to the Bloomingdale Hospital at White Plains by his brothers.

[19] After their divorce in January 1932, his ex-wife immediately married Sir Hector MacNeal, the Scottish shipowner.