Background
Hayes, Wade Hampton was born on May 12, 1879 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of William Arnold and Emma (Mathews) Hayes.
Hayes, Wade Hampton was born on May 12, 1879 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of William Arnold and Emma (Mathews) Hayes.
Norfolk Academy; special course in political science, Columbia, 1899-1900.
1 daughter, Sally. Sunday editor New York Tribune, February 1908-1914. Member Hayes & Lord, investment bankers, and vice-president Chase Securities Corporation, investment bankers. Now chairman Edmundsons Electricity Corporation, Ltd.
Director English Electric Limited company, Utilities Corporation (Poland), Ltd., Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Limited company, Marconi Instruments, Ltd., D. Napier & Son, Ltd., Edmundsons Electricity Corporation, Ltd., and various other electric companies in England Enlisted 4th Regiment Virginia National Guard, 1896, and with same regiment in Spanish-American War as chief of couriers, staff of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, Florida, Georgia and Matanzas, Cuba. Mustered out, November 1899. Served as colonel 107th Regiment, New York National Guard, until 1931.
Was lieutenant colonel 107th United States Infantry, service in France, 1917-1919. On staff of General Pershing in operations section General Staff, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force, June 1918-February 1919. Now brigadier general retired.
Commanding 1st American Squadron (Home Guard, Great Britain). Past commander American Legion. Dept New York Commander Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur’Honneur (France).
Commander Order British Empire.
Member Hayes & Lord, investment bankers, and vice-president Chase Securities Corporation, investment bankers. Member Southern Society, Virginia Society, South Carolina. Society, South Carolina.V., 7th Regiment Veterinary Association.
Clubs: Salmagundi, Down Town (New York).
Married Julia Florence Yard, December 14, 1905.