Beyond his immediate family, he continued to be an introvert and was expected to remain a lifelong bachelor after a failed attempt in 1903 to court the singer Rosalind Sellar, a friend of his sister Hilda.
除了他的直系亲属之外, 他仍然是一个向的人, 在 1903 年向歌手罗莎琳德·塞勒(他的妹妹希尔达的朋友)求婚失败后, 他被期望保持终生单身。