Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, CBE, MC, DFC, FRSA, FRGS (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman...
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Beatrice Whitney Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001) was an American theatre, film and television actress and a member of the prominent Whitney family...
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The Miles M.11 Whitney Straight was a 1930s twin-seat cabin monoplane designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Miles Aircraft. It was...
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Michael Whitney Straight (September 1, 1916 – January 4, 2004) was an American magazine publisher, novelist, patron of the arts, a member of the prominent...
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Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918) Whitney Willard Straight (1912–1979) Beatrice Whitney Straight (1914–2001) Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004) Adeline...
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Dorothy Payne Elmhirst (née Whitney, previously Straight; January 23, 1887 – December 14, 1968) was an American-born social activist, philanthropist, publisher...
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Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004), a member of the Whitney family who was a publisher and novelist. Straight was the son of Willard Dickerman Straight, an...
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her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history. Dorothy Straight was born on May 25, 1958, in Washington...
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a member of the Whitney family. He was a promoter of Chinese arts and investments, and a major supporter of liberal causes. Straight was born on January...
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big-game hunter Denys Finch-Hatton. His daughter married Whitney Straight of the American Whitney family and his son married a member of the Vanderbilt family...
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