Cavendish W. Cannon

Cavendish Wells Cannon (born February 1, 1895 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † October 7, 1962 near Seville , Spain ) was an American diplomat who served as the United States' ambassador in several countries .

Cavendish Cannon came from a family that included influential figures such as George Q. Cannon , Martha Hughes Cannon , Frank J. Cannon and Sylvester Q. Cannon . He served during the First World War in the Marine Corps . In 1921 he married Lily Horsetzky. After entering the diplomatic service , he was first American Vice Consul in Zurich from 1927 to 1928 and in Sofia from 1933 to 1935 , where he subsequently rose to become consul and held this position until 1938. Between 1939 and 1941 he was then consul in Athens .

Cannon held his first ambassadorial office from 1947 to 1949 in the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade . Further terms of office followed from 1952 to 1953 in Portugal , from 1953 to 1956 in Greece and from 1956 to 1958 in Morocco . He was also envoy to Syria from 1950 to 1952 , which was equivalent to the function of an ambassador. The diplomatic mission of the United States in Damascus was only upgraded to an embassy after its replacement .

In October 1962, Cannon had to undergo gallbladder surgery in the US Air Force Base hospital near Seville, Spain. He died of their consequences and was buried in Seville.

Web links

• Biography at The Political Graveyard
• State Department Biographical Information

predecessor	Office	successor
Richard Cunningham Patterson	US Ambassador to Belgrade July 14, 1947-19. October 1949	George V. Allen
James Hugh Keeley	US envoy to Damascus October 30, 1950–8. May 1952	James S. Moose
Lincoln MacVeagh	US Ambassador to Lisbon June 2, 1952–1. August 1953	Meyer Robert Guggenheim
John Emil Peurifoy	US Ambassador to Athens September 2, 1953-28. July 1956	George V. Allen
William J. Porter	US Ambassador to Rabat October 6, 1956–1. July 1958	Charles Woodruff Yost