Previous to that, he was deputy to the previous Permanent Representative William B. Buffum, who left to become the U.S. Father of William Phillips, Jr.; Drayton Phillips; Christopher Hallowell Phillips; Anne Caroline Bryant and Beatrice Drayton Strauss Phillips subsequently went to work for the Ambassador to China in Beijing. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012646959/. Phillips, William 1878-1968 [WorldCat Identities] Brazilian ambassador apologizes to missing Dom Phillips' family for Current In 1943, he was made a Special Advisor on European political matters to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with the rank of ambassador. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. I was born on 5 November 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, just across the river from the town of Kingston, where my parents lived with my one and a half year old sister, Maxine. site.). George Phillips of Watertown, the progenitor of the New England Phillips family in America. Included are letters from her family, in particular her mother, father, and brothers Billy and Harry; her husband William Phillips and their children; her cousin Waldorf Astor; and William's sister Anna Phillips Bolling. In many cases, the originals can be served in a few minutes. [9] Together, they were the parents of: Phillips died on February 23, 1968, at the age of 89.[1]. Rights status not evaluated. Most of the photographs in this collection are or will be cataloged in VIA, Harvard University's Visual Information Access database. Phillips subsequently went to work for the Ambassador to China in Beijing. William Phillips (1878 - 1968) - Genealogy Phillips died at age 84 in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 7, 1965. William Phillips (diplomat) Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External links Early life Her previous marriage ended in divorce. Phillips was said to be extremely unpopular with the British for his pro-independence views. In 1943, he was made as a Special Advisor on European political matters to then- General Dwight D. Eisenhower, with the rank of Ambassador. Drayton Phillips (19171985), who married Evelyn Gardiner in 1940. [2] (The United States would not have an official Mission there until the country's Independence in 1947.) Diplomatic Couriers, Guide to Country Recognition and In addition to the diaries, there are a significant number of letters which also document Phillips' private and social life. Phillips was said to be extremely unpopular with the British for his pro-independence views. Releases, Administrative [1], He served as Under Secretary of State again from 1933 to 1936. In 1917, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson and remained in that position until 1920, when he was made the Minister Plenipotentiary to Netherlands and Luxembourg (in residence in the Netherlands). All structured data from the file namespace is available under the. Elliott B. Strauss of the Navy", "Miss Holbrook Engaged to Wed Son of Diplomat |; She Will Be Bride of William Phillips Jr., Whose Father Is Ambassador to Italy", "BARBARA HOLBKOOK MARRIED IN CHURCH; Wed to William Phillips Jr. in a Ceremony Performed at Naugatuck, Conn", "EVELYN GARDINER PROSPECTIVE BRIDE; Engagement of Boston Girl to Drayton Phillips, Son of U.S. [2], Phillips was a member of the Boston Brahmin Phillips family and his ancestors included John Phillips, the first Mayor of Boston and his great-grandfather, Wendell Phillips, the abolitionist and his grand-uncle, and Samuel Phillips, Jr., and John Phillips, founders of the Phillips Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy. William Phillips Profiles | Facebook In 1908, while in China, he was assigned to set up the State Department's Division of Far Eastern Affairs and was made its first chief. Best Match Powered by Whitepages Premium AGE 20s William Jacob Phillips Moncks Corner, SC View Full Report Addresses Glady Rd, Moncks Corner, SC Bramell St, Detroit, MI [11] Following his retirement, he became a trustee of the American Institute in Taiwan. In 1917, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson and remained in that position until 1920, when he was made the Minister Plenipotentiary to Netherlands and Luxembourg (in residence in the Netherlands). William Phillips (May 30, 1878 February 23, 1968) was a career United States diplomat who served twice as an Under Secretary of State. Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-357). Beatrice Schermerhorn Phillips (19142003), who married Rear Adm. William Phillips, Jr. (19161991), who married Barbara Holbrook (19151997), in 1941. David William Phillips Music Performance, piano and theory at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Michigan Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 765 followers 500+ connections Join to view profile. Do the Access Advisory or Call Number fields above indicate that a non-digital surrogate exists, Akbari, Jameela Raja Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Global Talent Management. Phillips, Asst. His first political job was working as a secretary in London to Joseph Hodges Choate, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. By William Phillips. He resigned on October 6, 1941. Simple item page . He had two sisters, Anna Tucker Phillips, who was married to Raynal Bolling (18771918) (the first American officer killed in WWI), and Martha Phillips, who was married to Andrew James Peters (18721938) (a U.S. An official website of the United States Government, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights, Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Senior Advisor and Senior Investigations Counsel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Assistance Coordination/Regional and Multilateral Affairs, Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the U.S. In 1936, he was appointed as the Ambassador to Italy (which was then led by Benito Mussolini), in the immediate aftermath of that country's invasion of Ethiopia. [11] In 1946, Phillips returned to Harvard. William D. Phillips Biographical . Phillips retired officially in 1944 but returned briefly to diplomatic life in 1945 when he was made a special assistant to Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Christopher Hallowell Phillips (December 6, 1920 January 10, 2008) was an American diplomat and politician who served as United States Ambassador to Brunei and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. Phillips, 9-2-23 LOC npcc.09356.jpg, William Phillips Nationalcyclopae00newy 0427.jpg, Wm. ; His Daughter, Mrs. William Phillips, Is Made Chief Beneficiary", "MISS DRAYTON WEDS WILLIAM PHILLIPS; Only Daughter of J. Coleman Drayton Married to Secretary of American Embassy. [1], Phillips retired officially in 1944 but returned briefly to diplomatic life in 1945 when he was made a special assistant to Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. In 1947, he was unsuccessful in mediating a border dispute between Siam and French Indo-China.[1]". Retired Officials Say Bush Must Go - Los Angeles Times a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. In October 1942, Phillips was appointed as a personal representative of Franklin D. Roosevelt, serving in India. William Phillips (1878-1968) Career Foreign Service Officer State of Residence: Massachusetts Third Assistant Secretary of State Appointed: January 11, 1909 Entry on Duty: January 11, 1909 Termination of Appointment: October 13, 1909 Third Assistant Secretary of State Appointed: March 13, 1914 Entry on Duty: March 17, 1914 She appears to have edited her work; there are pages that seem to have been intentionally pasted together, as well as individual pages or whole sections of the diaries that have been cut out and removed. Phillips was said to be extremely unpopular with the British due to his pro-Independence views. His first political job was working as a private secretary in London to Joseph Hodges Choate, the United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Coordinator for the Arctic Region, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of International Religious Freedom, Office of the Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser, Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. Information, United States Department of Ambassador Phillips chaired the board from 1989 to 1991. AN EXPERT PIGEON SHOT kJ Issued Challenge to Hallett A. Borrowe to Duel, Which Never Took Place", "J. C. DRAYTON WILL FILED. William Phillips was a career diplomat, and Caroline attended and served as hostess for many diplomatic functions. [5], In 1914, Phillips was appointed as Assistant Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson and remained in that position until 1920, when he was made the Minister Plenipotentiary to Netherlands and Luxembourg (in residence in the Netherlands). [31] Together, they had three children before her death in 1995:[32], On November 29, 1997, Phillips remarried to Sydney (ne Watkins) Osborne at Ascension Memorial Church in Ipswich. [1], From 1922 to 1924, he served as Under Secretary of State. A lifelong diarist, Caroline Phillips' observations demonstrated a keen interest in religion, art, history, politics, and international diplomacy. 1920 Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Bulletin.png 498 797; 418 KB Ambassadors confer with president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt confers with American ambassadors William Phillips (left), ambassador to Italy, and Hugh Wilson (right), ambassador to Germany. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. 477 pp. - Phillips, the new ambassador to Belgium at the W.H. William Phillips (diplomat) and Related Topics But Replaces 2 Delegates", "George Bush: Nomination of Christopher H. Phillips To Be United States Ambassador to Brunei", "Christopher H. Phillips - People - Department History", Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs United States Department of State, "WEDDINGS; Sydney Osborne, C. H. Phillips", "Paid Notice: Deaths PHILLIPS, CHRISTOPHER H", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_H._Phillips&oldid=1132961449, Ambassadors of the United States to Brunei, Republican Party Massachusetts state senators, United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 11 January 2023, at 14:50. WEDDED IN QUAINT CHURCH Nuptials Were to Have Been Held in New York City, but Ambassador Reid's Absence Changed Plans", "Massachusetts Rejects Bill To Bar Drinking at Games", "Civil Service Headed By Oregon Republican", "3 ENVOYS CONFIRMED; Senate Acts on Nominations of Rankin, Yost and Phillips", "U. N. AID SURVEY ASKED; U. S. and Ten Other Nations Call for World Review", "U. N. Unit Sets Aside News-Freedom Plea", "Nixon Keeps Buffum at U.N. Index, A Short History Phillips, & Franklin D. Roosevelt LCCN2002697228.jpg, FLAG DAY. In 1909, he returned to work in London for Ambassador Whitelaw Reid. Title [Ambassador William Phillips] Created / Published [between 1940 and 1950] Subject Headings . [29] He presented his credentials on November 28, 1989, and remained in this position until he left his post on October 31, 1991,[29] and himself was succeeded by Donald Ensenat. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html, [David Rowland Francis, full length portrait, standing, facing left, holding umbrella and wearing straw hat], [David R. Francis, U.S. ambassador to Russia, half-length portrait, seated at desk, facing front]. Leaders, World War I and the In 1924, he was appointed as Ambassador to Belgium, where he remained until 1927, when he became the first Minister to Canada until 1929. Retrieved March 8, 2013. Amiri, Rina U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls . ; London Secretary Will Abandon Diplomacy for a Business Career", "Diplomatic Yesterdays; VENTURES IN DIPLOMACY. Major General William Phillips | Petersburg, VA - Official Website Known to close friends and family as "Tommy," Caroline Phillips played a significant role in her husband's career. In 1946, he served on the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine, opposing the British plan for partitioning the country. John R. Phillips Ambassador (ret) William M. Phillips III Senior Intelligence Officer (ret) Daniel W Piccuta Senior Foreign Service (ret) Thomas R. Pickering Ambassador (ret) Stephen Pifer Ambassador (ret) H. Dean Pittman Ambassador (ret) Joan Plaisted Ambassador (ret) Lynne Platt Senior Foreign Service (ret) Gale S. Pollock WEDDED IN QUAINT CHURCH Nuptials Were to Have Been Held in New York City, but Ambassador Reid's Absence Changed Plans", "Rear Adm. Elliott Bowman Strauss, 100, Dies", "BEATRICE PHILLIPS TO BE WED FEB. 12; Daughter of Former Envoy the Fiancee of Capt. [1] He was also the United States Ambassador to Canada . The diaries from the years William was ambassador to Italy (1936-1940) reflect the tensions of pre-war Italy and describe William's diplomatic work with the Italian government and his efforts to dissuade Mussolini from allying with Germany, as well as his interactions with the Vatican. The Strength of America's Apolitical Military Copyright. To William Phillips, Washington. Union 2nd Commercial Conference LCCN2016823215.jpg, Wm. New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1860, pgs. Choate was a friend of Phillips' family and was also from Massachusetts. His older brother was John Charles Phillips (18761938), a prominent zoologist, ornithologist and environmentalist. [11] Through her father, she was a great-granddaughter of U.S. Representative William Drayton (17761846). He graduated with the class of 1948 and wanted to go into politics, however, he took a job as a City Hall reporter the Beverly Evening Times instead to support his wife and 2-year-old daughter. [6] (The United States would not have an official mission there until the country's independence in 1947.) Geni requires JavaScript! SPRING-RICE; LANSING; F.L. Phillips was a member of the Boston Brahmin family and his ancestors included the first Mayor of Boston John Phillips, abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and Phillips Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy founders Samuel Phillips, Jr., and John Phillips. My parents had come to this small Pennsylvania town from places and backgrounds that were far apart and yet quite similar. In 1910, Phillips married Caroline Astor Drayton (18801965),[8] the daughter of Charlotte Augusta Astor (18581920), the eldest Sister of Titanic victim John Jacob Astor IV, and J. Coleman Drayton (18521934)[9][10] and a granddaughter of William Backhouse Astor Jr. (18291892) and Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (18301908). Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Reference staff can [24], In 1970, President Richard Nixon nominated Phillips to serve as the Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations Security Council, serving under the Permanent Representative of the United States, Charles W. Yost. [11], During World War II, Phillips then served four years in the United States Army Air Forces. Elliott B. Strauss of the Navy", "Miss Holbrook Engaged to Wed Son of Diplomat |; She Will Be Bride of William Phillips Jr., Whose Father Is Ambassador to Italy", "BARBARA HOLBKOOK MARRIED IN CHURCH; Wed to William Phillips Jr. in a Ceremony Performed at Naugatuck, Conn", "EVELYN GARDINER PROSPECTIVE BRIDE; Engagement of Boston Girl to Drayton Phillips, Son of U.S. If you do not see a thumbnail image or a reference to another surrogate, please fill out a call slip in [21] He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 29, 1958. [1] His siblings included Beatrice Schermerhorn Phillips (19142003), who married Rear Adm. Elliott Bowman Strauss (1903-2003),[2][3] William Phillips, Jr. (19161991), who married Barbara Holbrook (19151997),[4][5] Drayton Phillips (19171985), who married Evelyn Gardiner,[6][7] and Anne Caroline Phillips (19222016),[8] who married John Winslow Bryant (19141999). [1], In 1953, his memoir, Ventures in Diplomacy, was published by the Beacon Press.[7]. [1], In October 1942, Phillips was appointed as a personal representative of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and served in India. $5.50", "J. C. DRAYTON DEAD; RETIRED BANKER, 82; Newport Resident for Several Years Was Son-in-Law of the Late William Astor. 2011 - Aug 20143 years. She was educated by private tutors. He attended Harvard College in 1900 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1903. Caroline Astor Drayton Phillips, daughter of Charlotte Augusta Astor Drayton and James Coleman Drayton, was born on October 26, 1880. COOK, U.S.A. LCCN2016867929.jpg, Flag Day 1914 - Bryan, Daniels, Wilson, Breckinridge Long, Wm. William Phillips - Address & Phone Number | Whitepages New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1860, pgs. In 1909 he returned to work in London. of State, World War I and the His first political job was working as a secretary in London to Joseph Hodges Choate, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. American ambassadors to major European countries held another conference with President Roosevelt today. Velz, American in Dusseldorf, arrested and sentenced to six months in prison, but no action taken until strong protests made; Ambassador [William E. Dodd] made excellent speech before American Chamber of Commerce; to the point, but so well-worded German leaders could not openly take offense; Ambassador had appointment last Friday with Foreign Minister [Konstantin] von Neurath but on arrival at Foreign Office was told von Neurath was with Hitler and could not see him until later in the day; snub may have been intended; Hitler forced to make decision on question of attacks on foreigners; American press helpful, emphasizing probability of U.S. government informing Americans of danger of travel in Germany; Hitler realized economic effects of such action; German press now reporting attacks as well as punishment of attackers, even though they are S.A. men; rumors of Cabinet changes; von Neurath, [Kurt] Schmitt, and [Lutz Schwerin von] Krosigk, none of whom are Party members, may go; Schmitt most useful member of Cabinet and has done much to bring quieter situation in industry, but is under constant attack by the very radical Minister of Agriculture [Richard Walther] Darre; Goebbels and Goering at odds, but outwardly they work together; arranged small luncheon to bring together Ambassador Dodd, Minister Schmitt and his chief Lieutenant [Wilhelm] Posse; discussed proposed U.S. countervailing duties on German imports and probability of German retaliation with anti-dumping measures against U.S. goods; believes U.S. should not take such action at present; unemployment in Germany still high but business in general seems improved; budget in good shape; exports show larger balance then in previous months; propaganda activities very subtle; clever system worked out to entertain and flatter foreign visitors of any importance and fill them with all sorts of propaganda which many swallow; [Charles Richard] Crane, former U.S. Minister to China made surprising statements in Paris after being in Germany; dissatisfaction among S.A. that they can no longer do as they please without punishment; Schmitt confided that he is working on Jewish question; he realizes Germany is losing some of the best brains in the country, particularly scientists; Hitler, in conversation with Ambassador Dodd, gave such satisfying and unexpected assurances that they are too good to be true; Hitler will say anything and convinces himself, for the moment, that he is speaking truth, but his words cannot be trusted; after withdrawal from League and Disarmament Conference, Hitler said the Reichswehr of 100,000 men was Germany's only armed force, when the truth is the S.A.'s 660,000 men are as well drilled and almost as well trained as the regular army; protestations that Germany wants only peace are just as empty, when even their children are taught war games and the populace frightened by suggestion of air raids by foreign planes; Germany now eager for U.S. good will; she fears France, can disregard Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Belgium, is not sure of England, and fears U.S.; U.S. must stand firm.