Phillips, William, 1878-1968
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Phillips was an American diplomat, born in Beverly, Mass. His career included assignments with both the Foreign Service and the State Department. He was minister to the Netherlands (1920-1922), minister to Luxembourg, (1920-1922, 1924-1927), ambassador to Belgium (1924-1927), minister to Canada (1927-1929), ambassador to Italy (1936-1940), wartime ambassador to India (1942-1944), and a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine (1946). He was married in 1910 to Caroline Astor Drayton.
From the guide to the Diaries, 1917-1947., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)
Diplomat.
From the description of Reminiscences of William Phillips : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726045
Phillips was an American diplomat, born in Beverly, Mass. His career included assignments with both the Foreign Service and the State Department. He was minister to the Netherlands (1920-1922), minister to Luxembourg, (1920-1922, 1924-1927), ambassador to Belgium (1924-1927), minister to Canada (1927-1929), ambassador to Italy (1936-1940), wartime ambassador to India (1942-1944), and a member of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine (1946). He was married in 1910 to Caroline Astor Drayton (1880-1965).
From the description of Diaries, 1917-1947. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612735887
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Subjects:
- Diplomacy
- Diplomats
- Diplomats
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Operation Overlord
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
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- Diplomats
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- United States (as recorded)
- Thailand (as recorded)
- India (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Palestine (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- France--Normandy (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Italy (as recorded)
