Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tipu ake a Earle i runga i te whenua o Montgomery County hei tama a George Howard Earle, Jr. me Catharine H. French, he whanau whai rawa i whai i tana whakapapa i Amerika ki te taenga mai o te "Mayflower". Ko tana kuia a Mrs. Frances ("Fanny") Van Leer he mema no tetahi o nga whanau Pennsylvania tuatahi, ko te whanau Van Leer me tana tupuna tupuna a Samuel Van Leer i whai waahi nui ki te Pakanga Whanaketanga o Amerika. I whiwhi tohu ia mai i te Whare Wananga o Harvard, ana i muri mai ka mahi ia i tawahi i roto i tetahi umanga huka a te whanau. I uru ia ki te ope taua i te tau 1916 a i tukuna ki te rohe o Mexico i te wā o te
Ko te haerenga a Pancho Villa. Whai muri i te urunga mai o te Hononga o Amerika ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakahau a Earle i te, he kaipuke kaipuke kaipuke, ko tana kaipuke motuhake hoki. I whiwhi ia i te Navy Cross i te tau 1918 whai muri i tana aukati i te paahitanga kino. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka hoki a Earle ki nga pakihi takitahi, ina koa ki te umanga huka. Ahakoa i whakaarahia hei Republican, i uru a Earle ki te Pāti Manapori i runga i te pouri ki te whakahaere a te Pāti Reipa i te Pakanga Nui. Whai muri i tana pakanga mo Franklin Roosevelt i te pooti o te tau 1932, i mahi a Earle hei Ambassador ki Austria mai i te 1933 ki te 1934. I aro nui a Earle ki te Pāti Nazi, ā, i whakatupato i te Whakahaere FDR mō te mōrea pea o Tiamana Nazi.