•
Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954),
Ambassador, great-grandson of the sixth U.S. president
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), and a great-great-grandson of the second U.S. president and
Founding Father John Adams (1735–1826). Member of the prominent
Adams family • His Royal Highness
Prince Amyn Aga Khan,
Imam of
Nizari Ismailism • His Royal Highness
Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan (1933–2003),
Imam of
Nizari Ismailism. Statesman and activist who served as
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1966 to 1977 •
Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003), principal shareholder of
Fiat, and Italian
Senator for life. He is the great-great-grandson of business magnate
Giuseppe Francesco Agnelli (1789–1865) of the
Agnelli family. Through his mother
Princess Virginia Bourbon del Monte he is also a member of the Princely House of
Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria •
Winthrop W. Aldrich (1885–1974),
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and scion of the prominent political Aldrich family. Son of the influential
Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915) who was referred to by the press and public alike as the "general manager of the Nation." Descendant of
John Winthrop (1587–1649) •
Baron Carlo Amato (1938–2021),
Ambassador of
The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta •
Chester Alan Arthur II (1864–1937), sportsman, art connoisseur, and son of U.S. president
Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886). Descendant of
General Uriah Stone, who served in the
Continental Army during the
American Revolution •
Count Alessandro Guiccioli de Asarta (1843–1922),
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy and
Congressman of the Kingdom of Italy •
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor (1879–1952), British politician and member of the
House of Lords. Great-great-great-grandson of
John Jacob Astor, the richest man in America at the time. Member of the prominent
Astor family •
Robert Bacon (1860–1919),
United States secretary of state then
U.S. Ambassador to France. Scion of the
Boston Brahmin Bacon family whose members included philosopher and scientist
Viscount Francis Bacon (1561–1626), U.S. senator and Chief of Justice
Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), and Massachusetts Congressman
John Bacon (1738–1820) •
Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930),
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, then
First Lord of the Admiralty. Often associated to the
Balfour Declaration, public statement issued by the British government in 1917 announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine • His Royal Highness
Prince Franz von Bayern, Duke of Bavaria, head of the
House of Wittelsbach •
Count Guerin De Beaumont (1896–1955), French
diplomat and active member of the
Bilderberg Group. Member of the
House of de Beaumont • His Royal Highness
Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg (1895–1948),
diplomat and grandson of
King of Sweden Oscar II. In World War II he negotiated the release of about 31,000 prisoners from German concentration camps. After the war, Bernadotte was unanimously chosen to be the
United Nations Security Council mediator in the Arab–Israeli conflict of 1947–1948 •
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897–1961),
General and U.S.
Ambassador to seven countries. Scion of the prominent
Biddle family •
Francis Beverly Biddle, attorney general and Nuremberg judge (1886–1968). Scion of the prominent
Biddle family •
Prince Livio Borghese (1874–1939), Italian
Diplomat in the Ottoman Empire and in China. Scion of the
Princely Borghese House •
John Moors Cabot (1901–1981),
U.S. ambassador to five nations during the Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy administrations. Descendant of John Cabot (born 1680), a highly successful merchant of the prominent
Boston Brahmin Cabot family •
John Lambert Cadwalader (1836–1914),
United States secretary of state. Descendant of
John Cadwalader (1742–1786) (general during the
American Revolutionary War, who served with
George Washington) and
Thomas Cadwalader (1707–1779). Member of the prominent
Cadwalader family and
Van Cortlandt family • His Royal Highness
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841–1934), pretender to the
throne of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies •
Adna Chaffee (1842–1914),
General and
Chief of Staff of the United States Army, taking part in the
American Civil War and
American Indian Wars, playing a key role in the
Spanish–American War, and fighting in the
Boxer Rebellion in China. Descendant of Thomas Chaffee (1610–1683), businessman and landowner of the Massachusetts Colony, and scion of the
Boston Brahmin Chaffee family •
William A. Chanler (1867–1934), explorer, soldier and New York politician. Descendant of
Edward Sutton, 2nd Baron Dudley (1460–1531), Member of Parliament of England,
John Winthrop (1587–1649), one of the founders of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, and
Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch
Director of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, after which it was renamed
New York •
Count Ghislain Clauzel (1907–1992), French
Ambassador. Descendant of
Count Bertrand Clauzel (1772–1842),
Marshal of France during the
Napoleonic Wars •
Charles A. Coffin (1844–1926), co-founder and first president of
General Electric corporation. Descendant of
Tristram Coffin (1609–1681), a British aristocrat who had to flee the
English Civil War and who is best known for purchasing
Nantucket. Scion of the prominent
Coffin family •
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), 30th
president of the United States. During his presidency, he is known to have restored public confidence in the White House after the many scandals of his predecessor's administration. He was a direct descendant of John Coolidge (1604–1691), a member of the English landed gentry who emigrated to Massachusetts in 1630 and a member of the
Boston Brahmin Coolidge family •
Pierre de Cossé Brissac, 12th Duke of Brissac (1900–1993), French aristocrat and author who wrote a series of historical memoirs. Head of the
House of Cossé-Brissac •
Frank Crowninshield (1872–1947), journalist, developer of
Vanity Fair, scion of the
Boston Brahmin Crowninshield family whose members include Massachusetts governor John Crownshield (1649–1699) and Secretary of the Navy
Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772–1851). •
Harvey Cushing (1869–1939), American
neurosurgeon, pioneer of brain surgery who was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe
Cushing's disease. Scion on the
Cushing family whose notable members include American
Founding Father Thomas Cushing III (1725–1788),
William Cushing (1732–1810) nominated
Court's Chief Justice by President
George Washington and English theologian Thomas Cushing (1512–1588). Direct descendant of
John Cotton (1585–1652), the great 16th century Puritan theologian •
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882), lawyer and politician who gained renown as the author of the classic American memoir
Two Years Before the Mast. Both as a writer and as a lawyer, he was a champion of the downtrodden, from seamen to fugitive slaves and freedmen. Descendant of
Founding Father Francis Dana (1743–1811), and of French
Huguenot Richard Dana (1620–1690) who arrived in Massachusetts during the later end of the Puritan migration to New England. •
Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (1936–2012), member of the
U.S. House of Representatives. Son of financier
Robert Williams Daniel, descendant of
William Randolph (prominent figure in the history and government of the English
colony of Virginia) and
Edmund Randolph (the seventh
Governor of Virginia, the first
attorney general of the United States and later served as
secretary of state). •
Michel David-Weill, French investment banker and former chairman of
Lazard Frères, art collector. Great-great-grandson of
Alexandre Weill, co-founder of
Lazard Frères •
Henry A. Dudley (1913–1995), U.S.
Ambassador. Member of the ancient prominent
Dudley family, whose members include
Lord Henry Dudley (1517–1568),
Thomas Dudley (1576–1653) Founder and Governor of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony and a founder of
Harvard University, and
Joseph Dudley (1647–1720) Colonial Administrator of the
Dominion of New England •
Angier Biddle Duke (1915–1995), youngest
American Ambassador in history and
Chief of Protocol of the United States. Heir of the
Duke Family business empire in tobacco and electric power, and major benefactor of
Duke University, named after his family (one of the
First Families of Virginia). Also a scion of the prominent
Biddle family, and a great-great-grandson of financier
Anthony Joseph Drexel who founded with
J. P. Morgan the bank
Drexel, Morgan & Co. (later
J.P. Morgan & Co.) •
David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (1904–1999), member of the
House of Lords and prominent British politician who served as
Minister of Education,
Minister of Works, and as
President of the Board of Trade •
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965),
Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright, and literary critic. Member of the aristocratic
Boston Brahmin Eliot family, whose notable members include
Charles William Eliot (1834–1926) the longest serving
President of Harvard University, and
Charles Eliot Norton (1827–1908) progressive social considered the most cultivated man in the United States by his contemporaries •
William Crowninshield Endicott (1826–1900),
United States Secretary of War. Member of the prominent
Endicott family, and direct descendant of
John Endecott (1589–1665), one of the Fathers of
New England and the longest-serving governor of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony •
Marquis Ruggero Farace di Villaforesta (1909–1970), Italian
Ambassador, and member of the highly aristocratic family Farace di Villaforesta, whose origins have been documented back to the aristocratic families of the
Byzantine Empire, and which is directly related to figures such as
Queen Natialia of Serbia or
Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark. He was married to
Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, great-great-granddaughter of
Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, a niece of King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, and second cousin of
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh •
Baron Carlo de Ferrariis Salzano (1905–1985), Italian
Ambassador. Scion the Princely
House of Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona from his mother side and of the Princely
House of Morra from his paternal grandmother •
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885),
Secretary of State. Grandson of
Continental Army General Frederick Frelinghuysen (general) (1753–1804) and great-great-grandson of
Dutch Reformed Church minister
Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1691–1747). Member of the
Frelinghuysen political dynasty •
Francis Warrington Gillet (1895–1969) was an American
flying ace who served in both the American and British armed forces as a pilot during World War I. Member of the prominent
Gillett family whose members include colonist Jonathan Gillett (1609–1677) and
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Frederick H. Gillett (1851–1935) •
Ogden Goelet (1851–1897), yachtsman and heir to one of America's largest business empires at the time. Member of the prominent
Goelet family, descendants of an aristocratic family of
Huguenots in France who escaped from religious persecutions and arrived in New York in 1676. His daughter,
Mary Goelet, married
Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe •
Baron Amaury de La Grange (1888–1953), aviator and politician •
Baron Frederick G. d'
Hauteville (1838–1918), politician, member of the
House of Hauteville •
Baron Paul G. d'
Hauteville (1875–1947), Captain of the Red Cross, member of the
House of Hauteville •
Count Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director, best known for writing and directing the 2006
Oscar-winning dramatic thriller
The Lives of Others • His Imperial Highness
Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern (1924–2010), head of the
Imperial House of Hohenzollern for over 45 years, and scion on his mother side of the
Royal House of Wettin and through his paternal grandmother of the
Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies •
Baron Rodolphe Hottinger, banker and member of the House of Hottinger •
Peter Augustus Jay (1877–1933),
Ambassador. Great-great-great-grandson of
John Jay (1745–1829),
Founding Father and first
United States Chief Justice. Member of the
Jay family of Huguenots who had come to New York to escape religious persecution in France •
Woodbury Kane (1859–1905), a noted
yachtsman and bon vivant, and member of
Theodore Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. Great-great-grandson of
John Jacob Astor •
John Knowles (1926–2001), American novelist best known for
A Separate Peace. Scion of the prominent
Knowles family and direct descendant of
Royal Navy Admiral Sir Charles Knowles (1754–1831) •
Amos A. Lawrence (1814–1886), key figure in the United States
abolitionist movement in the years leading up to the
American Civil War. Son of philanthropist
Amos Lawrence (1786–1852) and scion of the
Lawrence family who descend from John Lawrence (1609–1667) of England •
Robert J. Livingston (1811–1891), businessman, member of the prominent
Livingston family, which descends from the 4th
Lord Livingston (died 1518), and whose members include
Robert Livingston the Elder (1654–1728) and signers of the
United States Declaration of Independence (
Philip Livingston) and the
United States Constitution (
William Livingston). Several members were
Lords of
Livingston Manor. • His Serene Highness
Prince Edouard de Lobkowicz (1926–2010), Austrian-American
Ambassador and investment banker. Member of the Princely
House of Lobkowicz and member of the Royal
House of Bourbon-Parma •
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902–1985),
United States Ambassador and prominent American politician. Scion of the patrician
Lodge family, he is the grandson of
Senate Majority Leader Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge (1850–1924), the great-grandson of
Secretary of State Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817–1885), and great-great-great-grandson of Senator
George Cabot (1751–1823) •
Joseph Florimond, Duke of Loubat (1831–1927), yachtsman, bibliophile, antiquarian, and philanthropist •
A. Lawrence Lowell (1856–1943),
President of Harvard University. Scion of the Patrician
Lowell family, whose notable members include Percival Lowell (1571–1665), minister
John Lowell (1704–1767), delegate to the
Congress of the Confederation John Lowell (1743–1802),
Ambassador and
poet James Russell Lowell (1819–1891), and mathematician and astronomer
Percival Lowell (1855–1916) who led the discovery of
Pluto •
Anthony Dryden Marshall (1924–2014), theatrical producer,
C.I.A. intelligence officer former
ambassador. Great-great-grandson of
John Fairfield Dryden (1839–1911), founder of
Prudential Insurance Company and a United States senator from 1902 to 1907. •
Frederick Townsend Martin (1849–1914), writer and anti-poverty advocate, referred to as the "millionaire with a mission." •
Paul Mellon (1907–1999), philanthropist and an owner/
breeder of
thoroughbred racehorses. Co-heir to one of America's greatest business fortunes; member of the prominent
Mellon family •
Baron Jean de Ménil (1904–1973), Franco-American businessman, philanthropy, and art patron •
George Minot (1885–1950), winner of the
Nobel Prize in Medicine. Great-great-grandson of historian George Richards Minot (1758–1802), and cousin of
Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852–1914) anatomist and a founding member of the
American Society for Psychical Research. Scion of the
Boston Brahmin Minot family •
Count Gebhardt von Moltke (1938–2019),
Ambassador, and direct descendant of
Prussian field marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, and great-great-grandnephew of
Chief of the Great German General Staff Count Helmuth von Moltke •
Antoine-Amédée-Marie-Vincent Manca Amat de Vallombrosa, Marquis de Morès et de Montemaggiore (1858–1896), famous
duelist, railroad pioneer in Vietnam, and a politician in his native country France •
J. P. Morgan (1837–1913). banker and financier, descendant of
William Morgan (1582–1649) and
Miles Morgan (1616–1699). Member of the prominent
Morgan family. Resigned when a friend he had sponsored for membership was
blackballed and founded the
Metropolitan Club of New York •
Marquis Guy-Philippe de Montebello, director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art •
Edward N. Ney (1925–2014),
Ambassador. Descendant of
Michel Ney,
Marshal of the Empire during the
Napoleonic Wars •
Kichisaburo Nomura (1877–1964), Japanese
ambassador •
Count Jehan de Noüe (1907–1999), Chief of Protocol of the
United Nations. Member of the ancient aristocratic
de Noüe family •
John Bertram Oakes (1913–2001), iconoclastic and influential U.S. journalist known for his early commitment to the environment, civil rights, and opposition to the Vietnam War. Great-great-great-grandson of
General Sir Hildebrand Oakes (1754–1822) •
Baron Max von Oppenheim (1860–1946),
archaeologist, famous for discovering the site of
Tell Halaf in 1899. Member of the prominent
Oppenheim family •
Charles Jackson Paine (1833–1916) railroad executive, yachtsman, and a
general in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War. Great-great-grandson of
Robert Treat Paine (1731–1814)
Founding Father of the United States who signed the
Continental Association and the
Declaration of Independence •
The Lord Palumbo, property developer and art collector, member of the
House of Lords •
Marquis Lelio Pellegrini Quarantotti (1909–1990), Italian
Grand Prix motor racing driver •
Johnston Livingston de Peyster (1846–1903), colonel during the civil war, and known for running for mayor of Tivoli-on-Hudson against his father, and winning. Member of the prominent
De Peyster family and
Livingston family. Great-great-great-grandson of
Abraham de Peyster (1657–1728), an early
Mayor of New York City, whose father was
Johannes de Peyster (–1685). Descendant of
William Livingston, 4th Lord Livingston (died 1518) •
Wendell Phillips (1811–1884) was an American
abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney. According to George Lewis Ruffin, a Black attorney, Phillips was seen by many Blacks as "the one white American wholly color-blind and free from race prejudice." Son of
John Phillips (1770–1823), first mayor of Boston, and descendant of English-born Puritan minister
George Phillips (1593–1644). Scion of the
Boston Brahmin Phillips family, which counts among its notable members
Samuel Phillips, Jr. (1752–1802), and
John Phillips (1719–1795), founders of the
Phillips Academy and
Phillips Exeter Academy •
Henry Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth (1916–2005), businessman, Minister of State of Scotland •
George P. Putnam (1887–1950), American publisher, author and explorer. Husband of
Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Grandson of
George Palmer Putnam (1814–1872), founder of the prominent publishing firm that became
G. P. Putnam's Sons. Descendant of army
general Israel Putnam (1718–1790) and English Puritan John Putnam (1580–1666) •
Edmund Quincy (1808–1877),
abolitionist and editor of
National Anti-Slavery Standard. Grandson of
President of Harvard University Josiah Quincy III (1772–1864) and scion of the prominent
Quincy family • His Serene Highness
Prince Dominik Radziwiłł (1911–1976), head of the
House of Radziwiłł • His Serene Highness
Prince Anthony Radziwill (1959–1999), member of the
House of Radziwiłł and nephew of
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (wife of President
John F. Kennedy). •
Laurance Rockefeller (1910–2004), financier, philanthropist and major conservationist. Grandson of
John D. Rockefeller, considered to be the richest person in modern history. Member of the
Rockefeller family •
David Rockefeller (1915–2017), banker, chairman and chief executive of
Chase Manhattan Corporation. Grandson of
John D. Rockefeller, considered to be one of the richest people in modern history. Member of the
Rockefeller family • His Imperial Highness
Prince Alexander Romanov (1929–2002), member of the
Imperial House of Romanov •
Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831–1878), father of President of the United States, member of the patrician
Roosevelt family He was Secretary of the Union League Club and a founding member of the Knickerbocker Club in 1871. •
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), President of the United States, member of the patrician
Roosevelt family—joined in 1903 upon his graduation from
Harvard University. Resigned from the club in 1936. •
Viscount Paul de Rosière (1908–1995), Cartier's Chief Executive. •
Count Teofilo Guiscardo Rossi di Montelera (1902–1991), Italian
bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s, and a world champion
power boat racer, winning world championship in 1934, 1937, 1938, and was set to defend the Gold Cup in 1939 when war broke out. He was the heir of the aristocratic family Rossi di Montelera •
Baron Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007), owner of the
Rothschild banking family of France and head of the French branch of the
House of Rothschild •
Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979),
Senate Majority Leader and Minority Leader and
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference. Direct descendant of
Sir Richard Saltonstall (1586–1661), and member of the prominent
Saltonstall family •
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), artist, considered the leading
impressionist portrait painter of his generation. Direct descendant of
Epes Sargent (1690–1762), and scion of the patrician
Sargent family, whose notable members include
Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820),
Henry Sargent (1770–1845), or
Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927) • His Imperial Highness
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, grandson of Emperor
Haile Selassie and son of
Amha Selassie of the
Ethiopian Empire. Current head of the
Imperial House of Ethiopia •
Baron Ottavio Serena di Lapigio (1837–1914),
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy, historian, and prominent figure in the
Unification of Italy •
William Watts Sherman (1842–1912), businessman, member of the patrician Sherman family •
Viscomte Henri de Sibour (1872–1938), architect •
Count Alexander von Stauffenberg (1905–1964), German aristocrat and historian. His twin brother
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and younger brother
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg were among the leaders of the
20 July plot against Hitler in 1944. Member of the
Schenk von Stauffenberg family which included prominent figures such as
Prussian Field marshal Count August Neidhardt von Gneisenau •
Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant Jr. (1870–1953) New York landowner and last direct descendent of
Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), the Dutch
governor of
New Netherland before it became New York. Scion of the prominent
Stuyvesant family •
Baron David Swaythling (1928–1998), Member of the
House of Lords and chairman of many notable British companies, such as
Rothschild & Co,
Samuel Montagu & Co. or
Midland Bank •
Nathaniel Thayer III (1851–1911), American banker and railroad executive. Scion of the
Boston Brahmin Thayer family, and through his mother a descendant of the Dutch Aristocratic
Van Rensselaer and
Schuyler families •
Marquis Filippo Theodoli,
Duke of Nemi (1930–1990), owner of the first high-performance luxury yachts company
Magnum Marine Corporation •
Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1921–2002), noted industrialist and art collector •
Count Antoine Treuille de Beaulieu (1804–1885), Army General, known for developing the concept of
rifled guns in the French Army. •
Baron Léon van der Elst (1856–1933), Belgian
Ambassador and one of
King Albert I of Belgium's closest advisers •
Baron Georg von Ullmann (1922–1972), owner of the German
Thoroughbred stud
Gestüt Schlenderhan that has had a major impact on the breeding history of Thoroughbreds. Scion of the prominent
Oppenheim family •
Count Mario di Valmarana (1929–2010), architect, owner of the
Palladian Villa
"La Rotonda" •
Pierre Van Cortlandt III (1815–1884), New York landowner. Scion of the prominent
Van Cortlandt political dynasty whose members include
Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), the first
lieutenant governor of New York, and
Philip Van Cortlandt (1749–1831), a founder of the
hereditary Society of the Cincinnati •
Cornelius Vanderbilt III (1873–1942), general. Member of the prominent
Vanderbilt family. Great-great-grandson of the railroad and shipping tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt ("The Commodore"), one of the richest Americans in history. Descendant of the famous Dutch corsair
Jan Janszoon (1570–1641) •
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970), railroad executive, yachtsman, bridge player, and a member of the prominent
Vanderbilt family. Great-great-grandson of the railroad and shipping tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt ("The Commodore"), one of the richest American in history. Descendant of the famous Dutch corsair
Jan Janszoon (1570–1641) •
Alexander Van Rensselaer (1850–1933), philanthropist, and professional tennis player and champion. Member of the prominent
Van Rensselaer of Dutch Aristocratic origins, whose members include
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586–1643) one of the founders and directors of the
Dutch West India Company and an instrumental figure in the establishment of
New Netherland; and
Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764–1839), Governor of New York and
Grand Master of the
Masonic Grand Lodge of New York and one of the richest people in history (net worth of US$3.1 billion at the time of his death—equivalent to $112.5 billion in 2021) •
Count Leonardo Vitetti (1894–1973),
Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations •
Baron Egon von Vietinghoff-Scheel (1903–1994), German-Swiss painter, author, philosopher and creator of the Egon von Vietinghoff Foundation. He reconstructed the lost painting techniques of the
Old Masters, and created some 2.700 paintings •
Craig Wadsworth (1872–1960), diplomat, steeplechase rider, and member of
Theodore Roosevelt's
Rough Riders. Grandson of Union general
James S. Wadsworth. Scion of the prominent
Wadsworth family of Connecticut, and descendant of one of the
Founders of Hartford, Connecticut,
William Wadsworth (1594–1675) •
James Montaudevert Waterbury Sr. (1851–1931), businessman, industrialist. Member of the prominent
Livingston family, which includes the 4th
Lord Livingston, and one of the signers of the
Treaty of Versailles. •
Robert Winthrop (1833–1892), banker, direct descendant of colonial governors
John Winthrop (1587–1649),
John Winthrop Jr. (1606–1676), and
Fitz-John Winthrop (1637–1707). •
James T. Woodward (1837–1910), banker, avid hunter and horseman. Member of the prominent Woodward family •
Jerauld Wright (1898–1995), Commander-in-Chief of the
U.S. Atlantic Command (CINCLANT) and the Commander-in-Chief of the
U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), and became the second
Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (
NATO), from April 1, 1954, to March 1, 1960, serving longer in these three positions than anyone else in history. Son of General
William M. Wright. Descendant of Senator
William Wright (1794–1866) and
George Mason IV (1725–1792), a
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