Carroll Livingston Wainwright

Wainwright was born on December 2, 1899, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Stuyvesant Wainwright (1863–1930){{cite news|title=S. WAINWRIGHT DIES; NOTED YACHTSMAN; Was Descendant of Governor Peter Stuyvesant and Bishop Wainwright. NAVAL OFFICER IN THE WAR Raced Yachts for Several Decades-- Representative J. Mayhew Wainwright a Brother.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/11/04/archives/s-wainwright-dies-noted-yachtsman-was-descendant-of-governor-peter.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 November 1930}}{{cite news|title=Wills of G. Henry Mahlstedt and Stuyvesant Wainwright Also Filed in Court. Mahlstedt Left All to Widow. Wainwright's Secretary Gets $15,000.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/11/22/archives/wh-childs-left-5872862-estate-financier-who-died-two-years-ago.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=22 November 1930}} and Caroline Smith Snowden (1865–1960). His siblings included Stuyvesant Wainwright (1891–1975){{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Stuyvesant Wainwright Dead; Bridge Player and Broker, 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/05/archives/stuyvesant-wainwright-dead-bridge-player-and-broker-84.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=5 February 1975}} J. Howard Wainwright, and Loudon Snowden Wainwright (1898–1942). After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried to Dr. Carl F. Wolff (1864–1934),{{cite news|title=MRS. CARL F. WOLFF|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/14/archives/mrs-carl-f-wolff.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 March 1960}} 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., and the grand-uncle of Loudon Wainwright III, the singer and songwriter, himself the father of Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche.

His paternal grandparents were Margaret (née Livingston) Wainwright and John Howard Wainwright, who was the son of the Bishop of New York, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright.{{cite news |title= Death of Bishop Wainwright |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1854/09/22/archives/death-of-bishop-wainwright.html |access-date=8 August 2017|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 22, 1854 }} His maternal grandparents were Elizabeth Robinson Smith and Archibald Loudon Snowden, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Serbia, Romania and Greece.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=COL. A. L. SNOWDEN DEAD.; Ex-Minister to Spain Expires After a Long Illness.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1912/09/07/archives/col-a-l-snowden-dead-exmlnister-to-spain-expires-after-a-long.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=7 September 1912}} He was a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New York.

After his marriage in 1920, he became a Wall Street broker. In 1923, he left Wall Street and became a painter, continuing nearly the rest of his life.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=C.L. WAINWRIGHT TO PAINT.; New-Yorker to Give Brokerage Second Place to Miniatures.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/07/27/archives/cl-wainwright-to-paint-newyorker-to-give-brokerage-second-place-to.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 July 1923}} He focused his art on painting miniatures.

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.

During World War I, he left the Pawling School, and enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, where he served patrol boat duty. In 1942, Wainwright again enlisted, serving on an anti-submarine patrol sailing ship out of Greenport.

On May 27, 1920,{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=MISS EDITH GOULD A RUNAWAY BRIDE AFTER MOTOR TRIP; Daughter of George Gould Marries Carroll L. Wainwright at Elkton, Md. {{!}} BRIDE 18, BRIDEGROOM 21 {{!}} Engagement Had Been Kept Secret from Both Families. the Parents Say. {{!}} YOUNG MAN AN ART STUDENT {{!}} Member of an Old New York Family and Grandson of Bishop Wainwright.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/05/27/archives/miss-edith-gould-a-runaway-bride-after-motor-trip-daughter-of.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=27 May 1920}} Wainwright eloped and married 18 year-old Edith Catherine Gould (1900–1937).{{cite news |title=Lady MacNeal Dies. Was Edith Gould. Granddaughter of Financier, 36, Succumbs at Estate in East Hampton. Wife of British Knight. Wrote Autobiography Telling of Family Life ... |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/09/12/archives/lady-mneal-dies-was-edith-gould-granddaughter-of-financier-36.html |quote=Lady MacNeal, the former Edith Gould, granddaughter of the late Jay Gould, died at Gulf Crest, her estate here, late last night. Lady MacNeal, who was 36 years old, had been in poor health for two years. Death was caused by a liver ailment. Born on Father's Yacht. Edith Catherine Gould, next to the youngest of seven children, was the daughter of the late George J. Gould and Edith Kingdon Gould. ... |work=The New York Times |date= September 12, 1937|access-date=2008-08-22 }} She was the daughter of millionaire George Jay Gould I (1864-1923) and Edith M. Kingdon (1864-1921).{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=WAINWRIGHTS WED IN SECRET FOR 'THRIFT'; 'Avoided Needless Expense,' Says Art Student, with His Bride, Edith Gould, at Atlantic City.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1920/05/29/archives/wainwrights-wed-in-secret-for-thrift-avoided-needless-expense-says.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 May 1920}} Before their divorce in 1932,{{cite news|title=Divorced & Remarried|work=Time|date=February 8, 1932|quote=Mrs. Edith Gould Wainwright, 30, daughter of the late George Jay Gould I; from Carroll Livingston Wainwright I, 33, Manhattan socialite who was committed by his brothers to Bloomingdale Hospital last year, was later adjudged to be "mentally competent"; in Reno. Grounds: mental cruelty. Mrs. Wainwright immediately married Sir Hector Murray MacNeal, 53, Scottish shipowner.}} they became the parents of:

• Stuyvesant Wainwright II (1921–2010), who represented New York's 1st District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1953 to 1961.{{cite news|title=WAINWRIGHT, STUYVESANT II|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE4DC1E3AF937A25750C0A9669D8B63|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=14 March 2010}}
• Caroline DePeyster Wainwright (1924–1969), who married Edward T. Shean, an investment banker, in 1945. They divorced in 1963.{{cite news|title=MRS. CAROLINE SHEAN|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/28/archives/mrs-caroline-shean.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=28 August 1969}}
• Carroll Livingston Wainwright Jr. (1925–2016),{{cite news|title=C.L. WAINWRIGHT JR. HERE AS STOWAWAY; Former Edith Gould's Son, 8, Boards Ship at Bermuda to See Father in New York. GRANDMOTHER PAYS FARE Another Stowaway on Queen of Bermuda Is W.L. Hires, 16, Nephew of Root Beer Man.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/12/01/archives/cl-wainwright-jr-here-as-stowaway-former-edith-goulds-son-8-boards.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 December 1934}} who married Nina Walker in 1948.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=NINA WALKER WED TO FORMER MARINE; Pine Manor Alumna Married in East Hampton Ceremony to C. L. Wainwright Jr.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/07/03/archives/nina-walker-wed-to-former-marine-pine-manor-alumna-married-in-east.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=3 July 1948}}{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Carroll Wainwright Jr., ‘Silk-Stockinged Stowaway,’ Dies at 90|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/nyregion/carroll-wainwright-dead.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=1 October 2016}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=C. WAINWRIGHT WINS COMPETENCY RULING; In Sanitarium Three Months He Is Adjudged Able to Manage His Affairs. BROTHERS BRING ACTION Jury Disregards Opinion of Three Psychiatrists--He Lays Illness to Strenuous Social Duties.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/21/archives/c-wainwright-wins-competency-ruling-in-sanitarium-three-months-he.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=21 May 1931}}

After their divorce in January 1932, his ex-wife immediately married Sir Hector MacNeal, the Scottish shipowner.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=LADY M'NEAL DIES; WAS EDITH GOULD; Granddaughter of Financier, 36, Succumbs at Estate in East Hampton; WIFE OF BRITISH KNIGHT; Wrote Autobiography Telling of Family Life as a Child -- Niece of Duchess|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/09/12/archives/lady-mneal-dies-was-edith-gould-granddaughter-of-financier-36.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=12 September 1937}} There was no property settlement.{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=EDITH GOULD GETS DIVORCE, IS REWED; She Marries Hector McNeal in Reno a Few Hours After Ob- taining a Decree in Court. NO PROPERTY SETTLEMENT Mental Cruelty Was Grounds Set Up Against Wainwright -- Wife Wins Custody of Children.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/26/archives/edith-gould-gets-divorce-is-rewed-she-marries-hector-mcneal-in-reno.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=26 January 1932}}

Wainwright died in 1967 in East Hampton on Long Island.{{cite news|title=Carroll Wainwright, Artist and Member Of L.I. Family, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/07/archives/carroll-wainwright-artist-and-member-of-li-family-dies.html|access-date=8 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=7 July 1967}}

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