Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.

Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.
14th United States Ambassador to Spain
In office
May 25, 1961 – October 12, 1961
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byJohn Davis Lodge
Succeeded byRobert F. Woodward
1st United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
July 12, 1943 – December 1, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHimself (as Minister)
Succeeded byLaurence A. Steinhardt
1st United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
In office
November 3, 1942 – September 28, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHimself (as Minister)
Succeeded byLincoln MacVeagh
1st United States Ambassador to Greece
In office
October 30, 1942 – March 16, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHimself (as Minister)
Succeeded byAlexander Comstock Kirk
1st United States Ambassador to Norway
In office
May 13, 1942 – December 1, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHimself (as Minister)
Succeeded byLithgow Osborne
1st United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
May 8, 1942 – December 1, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byHimself (as Minister)
Succeeded byStanley Hornbeck
22nd United States Minister to Greece
In office
November 28, 1941 – October 30, 1942
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byLincoln MacVeagh
Succeeded byHimself (as Ambassador)
7th United States Minister to Czechoslovakia
In office
October 28, 1941 – July 12, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byWilbur J. Carr
Succeeded byHimself (as Ambassador)
5th United States Minister to Yugoslavia
In office
October 3, 1941 – October 3, 1942
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byArthur Bliss Lane
Succeeded byHimself (as Ambassador)
30th United States Minister to the Netherlands
In office
March 27, 1941 – May 8, 1942
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byGeorge A. Gordon
Succeeded byHimself (as Ambassador)
9th United States Ambassador to Belgium
In office
March 24, 1941 – December 1, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Cudahy
Succeeded byCharles W. Sawyer
7th and 9th United States Minister to Norway
In office
March 20, 1941 – May 13, 1942
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byFlorence Harriman
Succeeded byHimself (as Ambassador)
In office
September 7, 1935 – May 21, 1937
Preceded byHoffman Philip
Succeeded byFlorence Harriman
5th United States Ambassador to Poland
In office
June 2, 1937 – December 1, 1943
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Cudahy
Succeeded byArthur Bliss Lane
Personal details
Born(1897 -12-17)December 17, 1897
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedNovember 13, 1961(1961-11-13) (aged 63)
Washington, D.C., US
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Spouses
(m. 1915; div. 1931)
Margaret Thompson Schulze
(m. 1931; div. 1945)
Margaret Atkinson Loughborough
(m. 1946⁠–⁠1961)
Children4, including Mary Duke Biddle
Parent
OccupationSoldier, diplomat
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1917–1919; 1944–1955
Rank Major General
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (December 17, 1897 – November 13, 1961) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II, reaching the rank of major general.[1]

  1. ^ "Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Dead; Ambassador to Spain Was 64; Envoy and Officer in World War II – Tributes Paid by Kennedy and Eisenhower". The New York Times. November 14, 1961. Retrieved July 8, 2018.