Carroll Carstairs

American art dealer
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican art dealer
PlacesUnited States of America
wasArt dealer
Work fieldArts Business
Gender
Male
Birth20 March 1888
Death2 October 1948 (aged 60 years)
The details

Biography

Carroll Chevalier Carstairs MC (20 March 1888 – 2 October 1948) was an American art dealer who served in the Grenadier Guards of the British Army during World War I.
He was a son of Charles Stewart Carstairs (2 August 1865 – 9 July 1928), a noted American art dealer who was chairman of the board of M. Knoedler, and his wife, the former Esther Holmes Hazeltine (29 April 1864 – 15 January 1907). He had three siblings: diplomatic attaché Charles Haseltine Carstairs (August, 1886-26 October 1919), James Stewart Carstairs (2 June 1890 – 20 September 1932), an artist; and socialite Elizabeth Haseltine "Lily" Carstairs, (aka Mrs. John Henry Towers, Mrs. Martin Brown Saportas; 2 November 1892-April, 1977).
Carstairs wrote the book A Generation Missing, his memoir of the conflict, which was published in 1930.
He married, 20 March 1924, Susan Burks Yuille (5 April 1901 – 28 June 1978). Susan Burks' sister was married to Richard Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven, and Susan Burks was the aunt of Thady Wyndham-Quin, 7th Earl of Dunraven. Carroll and Burks Carstairs had no children.

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