sentences:  His paternal grandfather was prominent lawyer, John Busteed Ireland, a grandson of Jonathan Lawrence of the Continental Army and of William Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.His paternal grandmother was Adelia Duane (née Pell) Ireland, the daughter of Maria Louisa (née Brinckerhoff) Pell and Robert Livingston Pell, a descendant of Robert Livingston the Elder, 1st Lord of Livingston Manor, and Thomas Pell, 1st Lord of the Pelham Manor.He attended University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio and went on to prepare for college at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.