Robert Bingham | |
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| United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office May 23, 1933 – November 19, 1937 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Andrew W. Mellon |
| Succeeded by | Joseph P. Kennedy |
| 33rd Mayor of Louisville | |
| In office July 1907 – December 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Paul C. Barth |
| Succeeded by | James F. Grinstead |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Worth Bingham November 8, 1871 Orange County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 18, 1937 (aged 66) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Cave Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic (before 1910, 1917–1937) Republican (1910–1917) |
| Spouse(s) | Eleanor Miller Mary Flagler Aleen Lithgow Hilliard |
| Children | 3, including Barry |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Virginia University of Louisville (LLB) |
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Robert Worth Bingham (November 8, 1871 – December 18, 1937) was an American politician, judge, newspaper publisher and the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1933 to 1937.[a]
- ^ Ellis, William E. (1997). Robert Worth Bingham and the Southern mystique: from the Old South to the New South and beyond. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press. pp. 193–195. ISBN 0873385780. OCLC 36543342.
- ^ Tifft, Susan; Jones, Alex S. (February 1993). The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty. Simon and Schuster. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-0-671-79707-2.
- ^ Campbell, Walter E. (2010). Across fortune's tracks: a biography of William Rand Kenan Jr. The University Of North Carolina Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-0807865170. OCLC 949985349.
- ^ "President Chooses Joseph P. Kennedy as Envoy to Britain; Bingham, Now at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Forced by Illness to Resign as Ambassador". The New York Times. December 9, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Robert W. Bingham, Ambassador, Dies; U. S. Envoy to Great Britain, 66, Succumbs to a Tumor of Rare Occurrence". The New York Times. December 19, 1937. p. 1. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Bingham is Buried With Simple Rites; Bishop EmeritusWoodcock and Envoy's Pastor Officiate in Notables' Presence". The New York Times. December 21, 1937. p. 23. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Robert Worth Bingham". history.state.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
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