Ray Atherton

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Ray Atherton (1944)

Ray Atherton (born March 28, 1883 in Brookline , Massachusetts , † March 14, 1960 in Washington, DC ) was an American architect and diplomat .

Life

Ray Atherton first worked as an architect and then joined the US State Department's diplomatic service . According to different uses, he was in May 1923 and June 1924 Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Embassy in the Kingdom of Greece and acted thus as acting head of the embassy . This was followed by various posts in the Foreign Office and diplomatic missions abroad such as between 1930 and 1937 as Counselor at the Embassy in the United Kingdom and advisor to the delegation at the London Naval Conferences in 1930 and 1935. On July 13, 1937 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and plenipotentiary Minister appointed in Tsarist Bulgaria and handed over his letter of accreditation to succeed Frederick A. Sterling on October 21, 1937 . He remained in this post until July 5, 1939 and was then replaced by George Howard Earle .

On August 7, 1939, Atheron was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Denmark , and on September 8, 1939, he succeeded Alvin M. Owsley with his letter of accreditation. He held this post until the occupation of Denmark by the German Wehrmacht on April 9, 1940, after which he held Denmark on June 5, 1940. On June 8, 1943 he became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Canada , where he succeeded Jay Pierrepont Moffat on August 3, 1943 with his credentials. On November 18, 1943, he was promoted to the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Canada and remained in this post until he left the diplomatic service on August 30, 1948, whereupon Laurence Steinhardt succeeded him. As envoy or ambassador to Canada during the Second World War he was also accredited as envoy to Denmark at his official residence in Ottawa and from September 10 to October 14, 1943 as envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary for Luxembourg , before the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg entered Went to exile in London .

Ray Atheron died on March 14, 1960 of complications from an intracerebral hemorrhage .

Web links

  • Entry on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ray Atherton in the nndb (English)
  • Entry in The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Greece on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  2. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Bulgaria on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  3. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Denmark on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  4. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Canada on the site of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
  5. ↑ Chiefs of Mission for Luxembourg on the website of the Office of the Historian of the US State Department
personal data
SURNAME Atherton, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Brookline , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1960
Place of death Washington, DC