Background
He was born in Philadelphia to Craig Wasdworth and Evelyn Willing (Peters) Wadsworth.
He was born in Philadelphia to Craig Wasdworth and Evelyn Willing (Peters) Wadsworth.
He attended school at The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania. He studied at Harvard University in 1892 and was a member of the university"s varsity football team
He was an amateur steeplechase rider. He served in Cuba during the Spanish–American War where he served in Troop K of Theodore Roosevelt"s Rough Riders. After the war, he served on Governor Theodore Roosevelt"s military staff as a major in Albany, New New York
In 1902, he started in the United States. Diplomatic Service as third secretary to the American Embassy in London, taking up his position there on 1 July that year.
He then served as Consul General at Tehran, Persia. Bucharest, Romania; Montevideo, Uruguay.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brussels, Belgium; and Lima, Peru.
He retired in 1927 in Geneseo, New New York He died on May 20, 1960, and is buried in Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo, New New York
Wadsworth was a member of the Knickerbocker Club, the Jockey Club, the Union Club, the Lambs Club, and the Racquet Club of New York City, the Metropolitan Club of Washington District of Columbia and the Roehampton Club, the Beefsteak Club, and Street James"s Club, of London.