Even in his personal life he was intimately connected with brilliant people having married Eileen, the only daughter of Lord Rutherford whom he met through Rutherford's Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. Sometimes his influence was simply the fact that he was known to so many people.
Kahit sa kanyang personal na buhay siya ay intimately connected sa napakatalino ng mga tao sa pagkakaroon ng kasal Eileen, ang tanging anak na babae ng Panginoon Rutherford kanino siya nakikita sa pamamagitan ng Rutherford's II Laboratory sa Cambridge. Paminsan-minsan ang kanyang impluwensiya ay lamang ang katunayan na siya ay kilala sa gayon maraming mga tao.