Natalie Scarritt (Wales) Douglas-Hamilton CBE (1909 - 2013)

Born 6 Aug 1909 in Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Mathiew Latham — married 7 Jun 1937 (to 1939) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Wife of Edward Bragg Paine — married 27 May 1947 in New York, United States

Died 14 Jan 2013 at age 103 in Andover, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Born 8 AUG 1909. Cohasset, Massachusetts^[1]

Died 14 JAN 2013. Andover, New Jersey. ^[2]

Notes

From the New York Times, Nov 4, 1927, p. 15: "Natalie Scarritt Wales, daughter of Mrs. Wales Middleton of 829 Park Avenue, gave a luncheon yesterday at Pierre's for a company of young friends. Miss Wales will not make her debut until next season. Several debutantes were among the guests." [long list of guests follows]

From http:/www.americanscottishfoundation.com/homehistory.html : The Malcom Douglas Hamilton, C.B.E. - Founder and President Emeritus The American-Scottish Foundation, Inc.

Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton was born Natalie Scarritt Wales in Cohasset, Massachusetts in 1909. She grew up in Boston and New York City. From her earliest years, she was a generous, outgoing and enthusiastic person of drive and great optimism.

Her career began in 1939 when she learned of the devastation and isolation of Great Britain in the early years of World War II. She took the train to Washington, D.C. to ask the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, what Britain needed that ordinary Americans could supply.

Lord Lothian inquired, and the answer came back: knitted Balaclava helmets for the merchant navy, who were suffering from exposure and freezing temperatures shepherding convoys in the North Atlantic. These head coverings needed to be of a uniform, almost-black navy blue wool of a certain weight, and knitting instructions would be supplied. Undaunted (a quality that served her for the rest of her life), Natalie contacted wollen mills -- principally Burlington Mills -- and asked them to supply several tons, not "at cost" because, as she cheerfully noted, "I have no money", but for free.

The wool was supplied, the knitting began and Natalie organized, Bundles for Britain, which eventually had over two and one-half million men and women as members, knitting helmets, sweaters, gloves; rolling bandages and packing medicines; creating clothing drives, blood drives and canned food drives across the country. She asked Buckingham Palace for something she could auction off in a nationwide raffle to raise money. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother, sent a red, white and blue (rubies, diamonds and sapphires) cigarette case and a piece of shrapnel from the bomb that hit Buckingham Palace. Natalie maintained a cordial relationship with the Queen, who years later as Queen Mother became the Royal Patron of The American Scottish Foundation. Later, Natalie joined the Staff of THE NEW YORK TIMES as assistant to the Publisher.

In 1946, Natalie was made an honorary Commander of the British Empire for her services in World War II. She was the first non-British woman to be so honored.

1947, faced with the growing Soviet threat in Europe, Natalie and her husband, Edward Bragg Paine, created Common Cause, Inc, the first "American citizens organization to combat communism". She turned her dynamism and organizational skills once again to a cause she believed in, raising funds, holding seminars, shipping food during the Berlin airlift and using American legal interventions to shelter refugees-sometimes in her own home. Her husband died suddenly in 1951.

In that same year, as a young American widow she went to England to make a speech about Communism in the House of Commons. She met Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, the Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire and an ardent ant communist. She later married him, and they lived in Scotland and England for several years. Returning to the United States, Lord and Lady Malcolm together created The American-Scottish Foundation, Inc. in 1956, to strengthen the historic ties between Scotland and the United States in all areas -- educational, cultural, social, genealogical, philanthropic, scientific and economic.

Lord Malcolm Douglas HamiltonArticulate, enthusiastic and encouraging, Lady Malcolm worked with Lord Malcolm to further the goals of the Foundation until he was tragically killed with his 21-year-old son, Niall, in an airplane crash in Cameroon, West Africa in 1964.

Devastated by her loss, Lady Malcolm found some strength in continuing Lord Malcolm's dreams for the Foundation. In the early 1970s she organized "Scotland Week" in New York City. She obtained permission from the Fifth Avenue Association to have crossed American and Scottish flags on every other lamppost. She asked the famous Fifth Avenue shops between 60th and 34th Streets to give their front windows (and inside) a Scottish motif. There was a 2-day Economic Meeting with Scottish and American economists and professors. There were Scottish concerts, pipe bands, the Scottish Symphony, an art exhibit and many parties during the gala week.

Lady Malcolm also inaugurated The Scottish Ball, one of the most beautiful, memorable and "fun" events of the social year. It was held, at the Hotel Plaza, and was eagerly anticipated each year. She also created The Wallace Award, the single most prestigious event in the Scottish-American calendar celebrating outstanding achievement primarily of American - Scots.

Lady Malcolm was particularly enthusiastic about creating Scotland House, a special dream of Lord Malcolm's, to be a central gathering place for American Scots, visiting Scots, students, people seeking their Scottish roots--a place for all. The first Scotland House was opened in the mid-70s at 124 East 39th Street by New York City Mayor Abraham Beame, and was an instant success. Lectures, movies, seminars, ceilidhs, dances and teas were held in a comfortable atmosphere with a large Scottish-American library, and Scottish products such as sweaters, tweeds, jewelry and china were for sale. A later Scotland House was on Fifth Avenue in the 80s and of course the present Scotland House at 575 Madison Avenue.

Lady Malcolm retired from the Foundation in 1989. She had two daughters, six grandchildren and 11 grandchildren and is currently enjoying her retirement in Stillwater, New Jersey.

Census: 1930 Manhattan, New York. ^[3]

1940 Manhattan, New York. ^[4]

Organizations DAR Member: Natalie Wales Douglas-Hamilton Nat'l #: 513275 Ancestor #: A049227. Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record. HALE, ELIZUR. Ancestor #: A049227. Service: CONNECTICUT Rank: CAPTAIN. Birth: 1724 GLASTONBURY CONNECTICUT. Death: 1790. Service Description: 1) COL WOLCOTT.

Marriage Husband Kenelm Winslow. Wife Natalie Scarritt Wales. 27 APR 1929. New York City, New York. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Divorce: May 1937. Note: Kenelm remarried in Nov 1937; his announcement said his divorce was last May.

Husband Edward M. Latham. Wife Mrs. Natalie Wales Winslow. 7 JUN 1937. New York City, New York. ^[10][11]

Divorce: 1939. Note: Headline from the New York Times, 1 Jan 1939, p. 24: "LATHAM SUES IN RENO: Ex-Attache Charges Cruelty to Former Mrs. Winslow"

Husband Edward Bragg Paine. Wife Mrs. Natalie Wales Latham. JUN 1947. Braintree, Massachusetts. ^[12]

Husband Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton. Wife Mrs. Natalie Wales Paine. 1953. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S7 obituary gives full birth date and place
2. ↑ Source: #S7 Martin, Douglas. New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) [New York, N.Y] 03 Feb 2013: A.24. on proquest: Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, 103, American Who Aided Britain in War, Dies: In 1939, Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, who died on Jan. 14 at 103, had neither that title nor that name. She was Natalie Latham, a fixture of Manhattan society whose beauty drew notice in Vogue magazine. She had achieved a dollop of fame when she and her two young daughters, nicknamed Mimi and Bubbles, appeared together in matching swimwear in a Life magazine photo spread, having captivated a photographer at a beach club one day. Mrs. Latham, deft with a needle and thread, had made the outfits herself. At the time, England had declared war on Germany, whose navy was attacking British ships. It was then, already twice divorced at 30, that Mrs. Latham paused to take stock of her life. A former debutante, she had family wealth, a Revolutionary War pedigree and an Upper East Side address. She was busy enough, organizing charity balls, herding two rambunctious children about town and making her own clothes. Like most Americans, she did not want the United States to join the war, but she felt private citizens ought to help somehow. "I had never had time to think before," she said in an interview with The New Yorker in 1941. "I began to think of Britain." It was a turning point in a life of privilege that led to one of the 20th century's most inspired relief efforts. Nearly two years before the United States entered World War II, Mrs. Latham started Bundles for Britain, an organization that initially consisted of a few New York women knitting socks and caps for British sailors. It would grow to embrace 1.5 million volunteers in 1,900 branches in every state in the union and begin shipping to Britain not only hundreds of thousands of knitted items but also ambulances, X-ray machines and children's cots -- all labeled "From your American friends." Manhattan society matrons pitched in, along with sheepherders in Oregon, apple growers in Michigan and Indian blanket makers in Oklahoma. South Carolinians raised money with a watermelon-eating contest. Women everywhere baked cakes and took in laundry to buy yarn. Letters of thanks poured in ("Dear Bundles," most said), so Mrs. Latham sought help in replying to them, recruiting eight women, all former debutantes, at the Stork Club, one of her favorite haunts. For help on the English end, she enlisted Janet Murrow, wife of the legendary CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow, whose live radio broadcasts from London brought the war home to Americans; Louise Carnegie, wife of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie; and Clementine Churchill, wife of the prime minister. (Mrs. Churchill sent wish lists back to New York.) Joan Crawford asked her fans to forgo giving her holiday presents and contribute instead to Bundles. For a raffle, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, mother of the current queen, donated a bejeweled cigarette case in red (rubies), white (diamonds) and blue (sapphires), as well as a piece of shrapnel from the bomb that had hit Buckingham Palace. "It's like a fairy tale," Mrs. Latham told The New Yorker. "I just go around pinching myself, it's so thrilling." It was also exhausting: she sometimes collapsed at her desk with fatigue. King George VI made her an honorary Commander of the British Empire, the first non-British woman to be so honored. She died at a nursing home in Andover, N.J., her family said. After living for many years on the Upper East Side, she had retired to Stillwater, N.J. Bundles for Britain, which continued through the war, was but one milestone in the life of Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton. At the request of the White House, she created a spinoff group, Bundles for America, to aid Americans in need during the war; one project involved scavenging junkyards for upholstery to make into clothing. In 1947 she founded and became president of Common Cause (not to be confused with the liberal government watchdog group started in 1970), a moderate anti-Communist organization whose leaders included the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. She formed a group to aid Haiti; another to stem erosion of the nation's morals; and still another to encourage good taste. (That group built the House of Good Taste at the 1964 World's Fair in New York.) In the mid-1940s she worked for The New York Times Company as a liaison to women's groups. What turned out to be her longest endeavor, promoting Scotland in the United States, grew out of her marriage to Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, a member of the British Parliament from Scotland. They met in 1951, when, representing Common Cause, she spoke to the House of Commons about Communism. They married two years later, after the death of Edward Paine, her third husband, and the lord's divorce from Pamela Bowes Lyon, a cousin of the queen mother. In the mid-1950s the couple moved to New York, where they founded the American-Scottish Foundation to promote mutual understanding. After Lord Malcolm died in a plane crash in 1964, Lady Malcolm helped establish the annual American-Scottish Ball at the Plaza Hotel and Scotland House as a center for all things Scottish. After the first ball, in 1971, The Times reporter Charlotte Curtis observed that Lady Malcolm was "probably the first person to characterize the historically ubiquitous, rich and powerful Scottish-American as an ethnic group." Lady Malcolm was born Natalie Scarritt Wales on Aug. 8, 1909, in Cohasset, Mass. Her father, Nathaniel Brackett Wales, invented an early electric refrigerator. He was descended from another Nathaniel Wales, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1635. Her mother, the former Enid Mariner Scarritt, was descended from a governor of colonial Virginia. Natalie attended private schools in Manhattan. Classmates recalled her being "annoyingly popular with the opposite sex," The New Yorker said; she once invited 30 boys and no girls to a tea party. On a European tour at 17, she said she immediately felt "utterly familiar" with England, even though it was her first visit. While there, she became engaged to the son of a baron, but her mother thought she was too young to marry and squelched the romance, taking her home to enroll in courses at Columbia. She made her debut in 1928, and the next year married Kenelm Winslow, whom she had met on the debutante circuit. The marriage, short-lived, ended in divorce. In 1937 she married Edward Latham, a former diplomat. Another divorce ensued, in 1939. Not long afterward, in January 1940, Bundles for Britain was born. Her daughter Natalie Wales Winslow (known as Bubbles) died in 1988. Lady Malcolm is survived by her other daughter, Mary-Chilton Winslow Mead (Mimi); six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Lady Malcolm once said she was "hopelessly fond of organizing." Her Barkers for Britain initiative -- a follow-up to Bundles -- involved selling memberships to dog owners for 50 cents, with each dog getting a special tag to wear. The recipient of the first tag was Fala, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Scottish terrier. Photographs: Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, Then Natalie Latham, in 1941. She Started Bundles for Britain. (Photograph by Wide World Photos); Lady Malcolm, Born in 1909 As Natalie Scarritt Wales, in 1929. (Photograph by New York Times Studios). Copyright New York Times Company Feb 3, 2013. online version for photos: http:/www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/world/europelady-malcolm-douglas-hamilton-dies-at-103-aided-britain-in-war.html
3. ↑ Source: #S12 ed 672, 311 East 72nd St, sht 2B, taken April 8 Winslow, Kenelm hd M W 22 M@21 NY NY NY stock broker rents $144 radio Natalie wf F W 20 M@19 MA MA MA Natalie d F W 1/12 S NY NY MA and a maid
4. ↑ Source: #S12 ed 31-1341, sht 12B, taken April 27th, 122 East 82nd St. Natalie Wales Latham Head Female 30 D Massachusetts fin. H-4 lived same place in 1935 Natalie W Latham Dau Female 10 S New York fin. 4 Mary W Latham Dau Female 5 S New York fin. 1
5. ↑ Source: #S7 engagement photo in the Lincoln (Neb) Evening Journal of Wed, March 20, 1929, p.11
6. ↑ Source: #S7 engagement announcement, New York Times, March 7, 1929, p. 25: "Captain Franck Taylor Evans of the New York Navy Yard and Mrs. Evans have announced the engagement of the latter's daughter, Miss Natalie Scarritt Wales, to Kenelm Winslow of this city and Tuxedo Park, N.Y. The engagement is of wide interest, for both Miss Wales and Mr. Winslow are members of families that have figured in the history of this country. Through her mother, who is the former Miss Enid Mariner Scarritt of Boston, Miss Wales is a descendant of Governor Dinwiddie, the last royal Governor of Virginia, and of Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England. Also on the maternal side Miss Wales is a great-granddaughter of Edward Mariner, who was President of the old Fulton Bank of Boston, and of Lady Susan Symington of Edinburgh. The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William Russell Scarritt of Boston are her grandparents and Mrs. Leverett Saltonstall Tuckerman 2d of Boston and Mrs. Henry Coolidge Adms of Bermuda are her aunts. Miss Wales is the daughter of Nathaniel Brackett Wales, who now lives in Paris. She attended the Todhunter School in New York and the St. Symphorien School in France. Miss Wales is a debutante of this season. Mr. Winslow is the eldest son of the present Mrs. Herbert Reed Lawrence of Tuxedo Park and of the late Captain Kenelm Winslow, who served overseas in the World War. Through his mother, who is the former Miss Emily Foster, he is a direct descendant of Philip Hone, who was Mayor of New York in 1826. On the paternal side, Mr. Winslow is a direct descendant of Kenelm Winslow, brother of Edward Winslow, first Governor of the Massachusetts Colony. He is a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dana Winslow of 860 Park Avenue and a nephew of Carroll Dana Winslow, who married Miss Rose O'Neil Kane, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Kane of Tuxedo Park. On the maternal side he is a grandson of Mrs. Albert E. Foster of this city and a grandnephew of Mrs. Charles de Rham, Frederic de Peyster Foster of this city and Giraud Foster of Lenox, Mass., and of the late Mrs. Richard Delafield, who was the former Miss Clara Foster and the first wife of Mr. Delafield. Mr. Winslow is the brother of Francis D. Winslow 2d and Albert F. Winslow and of Miss Emily H. Winslow. He belongs to the Sons of the Revolution. Mr. Winslow is with the firm of Munds & Windslow. The wedding will take place this Spring."
7. ↑ Source: #S7 second engagement announcement, New York Times, March 24, 1929, p. 144: "Miss Natalie Scarritt Wales, daughter of Mrs. F. Taylor Evans, and Kenelm Winslow, whose engagement was announced early this month, have completed plans for their marriage, which will take place on the afternoon of April 27 in the new Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue and Ninetieth Street. Suffragan Bishop Herbert Shipman will perform the ceremony, in the presence of a large gathering. A reception for members of the two families and a few close friends will follow at the home of Captain and Mrs. Evans at the New York Navy Yard. Captain Evans is Commandant of the yard. There will be a large wedding party, with twelve bridesmaids [all named]. Francis Dana Winslow 2d will be best man for his brother. [ushers named] Mr. Winslow is a son of Mrs. Herbert Reed Lawrence of Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and the late Captain Kenelm Winslow."
8. ↑ Source: #S7 wedding announcement, New York Times of April 28, 1929, p. 29: "Miss Natalie Scarritt Wales, only daughter of Mrs. Franck Taylor Evans, and of Nathaniel Brackett Wales, now living in Paris, was married to Kenelm Winslow, eldest son of the present Mrs. Herbert Reed Lawrence of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., and the late Captain Kenelm Winslow, yesterday afternoon, in the new Gothic Church of the Heavenly Rest, Fifth Avenue and Ninetieth Street. The Right Rev. Herbert Shipman, D.D., Suffragan Bishop of New York, performed the ceremony in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends. He was assisted by the Rev. Herbert Glover of the church, and the bride's grandfather, the Rev. Dr. William Russell Scarritt of Boston, who pronounced the benediction. Dr. Shipman also officiated at the marriage of the bridegroom's parents in 1907 in the old Church of the Heavenly Rest, when that edifice was in Fifth Avenue near Forty-sixth Street. Dr. Shipman was then the rector of that church. The bride was given in marriage by her stepfather, Captain Franck Taylor Evans, U.S.N. " [plus description of dress, flowers, bridesmaids, ushers and guests; aside from immediate family, one guest was Mrs. Winthrop Scarritt] "Mr. Winslow and his bride, after a short motor trip South, will live at 311 East Seventy-second Street."
9. ↑ Source: #S7 wedding photo in New York Times, May 5, 1929, p. 95
10. ↑ Source: #S7 engagement announcement, New York Times, June 4, 1937, p. 20: "Mrs. Natalie Wales Winslow, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edward Greenough of 1212 Fifth Avenue and of Nathaniel Brackett Wales fo Boston and Braintree, Mass., will be married to Edward Latham of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Louis Latham, on Monday in the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas. The engagement of Mrs. Winslow to Mr. Latham had not been formally announced, although intimate friends of the couple have known for several weeks that they were planning to wed. The prospective bride and bridegroom obtained their marriage license yesterday at the Municipal Building. The ceremony on Monday will be performed by the Rev. Dr. Robert B. Stewart in the presence of a few relatives and friends of the couple. There will be no bridal attendants. A small reception will follow at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bullock in River House. Mr. Latham and his bride will pass the Summer in Bernardsvile, N.J., and afterward will make their home in this city. Mrs. Winslow, who was introduced to society several seasons ago, is a granddaughter of Mrs. William Russell Scarritt of Boston and the late Rev. Dr. Scarritt. She is a descendant of Governor Dinwiddie, last royal Governor of Virginia, and of Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England. She is a great-granddaughter of Edward Mariner, who was president of the old Fulton Bank of Boston, and of Lady Susan Symington of Edinburgh. Mrs. Winslow and her husband, Kenelm Winslow, to whom she was married in 1929, were divorced recently. There are two children of that union -- Natalie Wales Winslow and Mary Chilton Winslow. Mr. Latham is a grandson of the Hon. Louis Charles Latham and Mrs. Latham, who was Miss Lavinia Monteiro. Mr. Latham belongs to several Southern families of prominence. His mother is the former Miss Elizabeth Mathews, formerly of North Carolina and Washington, D.C. His father for some years was in the United States consular service. The prospective bridegroom formerly was associated with the State Department in Panama."
11. ↑ Source: #S7 marriage announcement with photo, New York Times, June 8, 1937, p. 29: "The marriage of Mrs. Natalie Wales Winslow, daughter of Mrs. Charles Edward Greenough of 1212 Fifth Avenue and of Nathaniel Brackett Wales of Boston and Braintree, Mass., to Edward Latham of this city, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Louis Latham, took place yesterday afternoon in the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas. The Rev. Robert B. Stewart performed the ceremony in the presence of the families and a few friends. The bride, escorted by her father, wore a picture gown of peach-colored mousseline de soie and a wreath of briarcliff roses in her hair. Natalie Wales Winslow and Mary Chilton Winslow, daughters of the bride, were the flower girls and only attendants. Derek Lee was the best man. A reception was given at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bullock in River House. After a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Latham will pass the Summer in Bernardsville, N.J. Later they will make their home in New York." [plus family info repeated from previous announcement]
12. ↑ Source: #S7 New York Times, 20 JUN 1947, p. 15: "Mrs. Natalie W. Latham Becomes Bride Of Edward B. Paine in Braintree, Mass."
13. ↑ Source: #S7 New York Times, 29 DEC 1952, p. 17: MRS. NATALIE PAINE BETROTHED TO M. P.: "Founder of Bundles for Britain Is Fiancee of Lord Malcolm J Douglas-Hamlton, a Scot -- "The engagement has been announced of Mrs. Natalie Wales Paine of 1175 Park Avenue, widow of Edward Bragg Paine of New York and Bangor, Me., and daughter of Mrs. Charles E. Greenough of 1212 Fifth Avenue and Nathaniel Brackett Wales, also of New York and Braintree, Mass., to Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton of Scotland, Conservative Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire. The civil marriage ceremony will take place soon in Scotland, and will be followed by a religious ceremony in London. Mrs. Paine is the founder and president of Common Cause, Inc., a citizens' organization to combat communism. She was the founder and first president of Bundles for Britain, and later, the founder of Bundles for Bluejackets and Bundles for America. The prospective bride became director of women's activities and associate director of New York Times Hall in 1942 resigning in June, 1946. She is an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire, a title conferred by the late King George VI, and received also an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities from Rollins College. The prospective bride is a grand-daughter of the late Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William Russell Scarritt of Boston and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver Wales of Braintree, Mass. Among her ancestors on her maternal side are Sir Mathew Hale, who was Lord Chief Justice of England in the middle part of the Seventeenth Century, and Governor Dinwiddie, a Royal Governor of Virginia. On her paternal side, she is a descendant of Nathaniel Wales, who came to this country from Idle, England, in 1630 in his ship, The James, and settled in Braintree. Mrs. Paine's first marriage, to Kenelm Winslow, ended in divorce. There are two daughters by that union, Miss Mary Chilton Winslow and Mrs. Andre Yedigaroff of Washington. Her second marriage, to Edward M. Latham, terminated in divorce. Lord Malcolm is the third son of the late thirteenth Duke of Hamilton and tenth Duke of Brandon, Premier Peer of Scotland and Hereditary Keeper of Holyrood House, and of Nina, Duchess of Hamilton. He attended Eton and was graduated in 1929 from Cranwell, the Royal Air Force College. During World War II, he served with the R.A.F. in strategic reconnaissance and night flying. He left the service in 1946 with the rank of group captain, having received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Greek Air Force Cross. He is an officer of the Order of the British Empire. The prospective bridegroom is a descendant of George Douglas, who received the Earldom of Angus in 1389, a title that is still retained by the family. His eldest brother is the fourteenth Duke of Hamilton and eleventh Duke of Brandon. His marriage to Miss Pamela Bowes-Lyon, cousin of Queen Mother Elizabeth, terminated in divorce."

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p11016.htm#i110159

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KR-HZR : accessed 30 January 2018), Natalie Wales in household of Nathaniel B Wales, Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1425, sheet 27B, family 303, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 618; FHL microfilm 1,374,631.
• Source: S12 census record
• Source: S7 newspaper