William H. Hornibrook

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William Harrison Hornibrook (born July 6, 1884 in Cherokee , Cherokee County , Iowa , † 1946 ) was an American politician and diplomat .

Life

His parents were Rosina and Dr. Edward Hornibrook. He married Yolande Wilson on November 23, 1906. Hornibrook was a member of the Democratic Party , a lawyer, newspaper publisher and a member of the Idaho Senate from 1910 to 1912 . From 1913 to 1915 he was on the board of directors of the Democratic Party of Oregon . He was based in Condon, Oregon and Utah .

Diplomatic career

Siam

On February 12, Hornibrook was appointed agent of the US Government Woodrow Wilson at Vajiravudh , Siam. He submitted his accreditation to the government in Thailand on May 31, 1915. At the end of 1916 he applied for his recall.

Iran

On December 12, 1933, he was appointed agent of the Franklin D. Roosevelt government in Iran. During a conversation with Roosevelt, accompanied by Wallace S. Murray, the latter asked him to write reports addressed directly to Roosevelt. On January 15, 1934, he was invited to a congressional hearing. On March 19, 1934, he submitted his accreditation to Reza Shah Pahlavi .

In Tehran, he replaced Charles Calmer Hart , who had left the post on October 31, 1933.

Hornibrook's first report on the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi was extremely positive. He reported on progress and modernization, and that the Shah planned to free Persia from British dominance. He later sent detailed reports of political prisoners in Iran and the death of Sardar Asad , who he suspected did not die of natural causes. He also reported of a bloody massacre in which protesters at the shrine of Imam Ali ar-Rida in Mashhad from July 12-14, 1935, were violently violated against the chador ban .

Afghanistan

On January 22, 1935, his mission was expanded to include the government of Afghanistan , and his official seat was still in Tehran. On May 4, 1935, he submitted his accreditation to the Shah of Afghanistan Mohammed Sahir Shah . He left the post of ambassador in Tehran on March 16, 1936.

Costa Rica

On July 2, 1937, he was appointed agent for the Roosevelt government in the León Cortés Castro government in Costa Rica. He presented his accreditation to the government on September 2, 1937. On September 1, 1941, he left the post of ambassador to Costa Rica and was retired.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times , December 5, 1916, GARRETT LONG A DIPLOMAT .; First Served at The Hague and Has Been in Paris During the War. Two other members of the American diplomatic service have tendered their resignation to the President
  2. ^ Office of the historian US-State Department, Charles Calmer Hart (1878-1956)
  3. ↑ Mohammad Gholi Majd, Great Britain & Reza Shah: the plunder of Iran, 1921-1941 , University Press of Florida, 2001, 429 pp. 192
  4. ^ Office of the historian US-State Department, William Harrison Hornibrook (1884-1946)

References

  1. ↑ en: United States Ambassador to Thailand
  2. ↑ en: United States Ambassador to Iran
  3. ↑ en: United States Ambassador to Costa Rica

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personal data
SURNAME Hornibrook, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hornibrook, William Harrison (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Cherokee , Iowa, United States
DATE OF DEATH 1946