Hugh R. Wilson | |
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United States Ambassador to Germany | |
In office March 3, 1938 – November 16, 1938 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | William E. Dodd |
Succeeded by | Alexander Comstock Kirk (Acting) |
United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
In office August 23, 1937 – January 17, 1938 | |
President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | George S. Messersmith |
Succeeded by | Adolf A. Berle |
United States Minister to Switzerland | |
In office June 11, 1927 – July 8, 1937 | |
President | Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Hugh S. Gibson |
Succeeded by | Leland B. Harrison |
Personal details | |
Born | Hugh Robert Wilson January 29, 1885 Evanston, Illinois, US |
Died | December 29, 1946 Bennington, Vermont, US | (aged 61)
Spouse |
Katherine Boyle (m. 1914) |
Children | 1 |
Education | Yale University École Libre des Sciences Politiques |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Hugh Robert Wilson (January 29, 1885 – December 29, 1946) was a member of the United States Foreign Service who headed the United States mission to Switzerland for ten years beginning in 1927. He became Assistant Secretary of State in 1937[1] and served for several months in 1938 as Ambassador to Germany.