Ridgway B. Knight

Ridgway B. Knight
United States Ambassador to Portugal
In office
July 30, 1969 – February 24, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byW. Tapley Bennett Jr.
Succeeded byStuart Nash Scott
44th United States Ambassador to Belgium
In office
June 24, 1965 – April 16, 1969
PresidentLyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Preceded byDouglas MacArthur II
Succeeded byJohn Eisenhower
United States Ambassador to Syria
In office
January 11, 1962 – May 27, 1965
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded byHugh H. Smythe
Personal details
Born
Ridgway Brewster Knight

(1911-06-12)June 12, 1911
Paris, France
DiedAugust 14, 2001(2001-08-14) (aged 90)
Inxent, France
ProfessionDiplomat

Ridgway Brewster Knight (June 12, 1911 – August 14, 2001) was a French-born American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Syria (1961–1965), Belgium (1965–1969) and Portugal (1969–1973).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Knight, Ridgway Brewster (1911-2001)". Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 13, 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR RIDGWAY B. KNIGHT" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 23 October 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.