Charles Wells Russell Jr. (1856 – 1927) was an American diplomat.
Ambassador Charles Wells Russell Jr. | |
|---|---|
 | |
| United States Ambassador to Iran | |
| In office 1909–1914 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | John L. Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Wells Russell 1856 |
| Died | 1927 (aged 70–71) |
| Parent | Charles Wells Russell (father) |
Biography
editRussell was born in 1856 to prominent politician and lawyer Charles Wells Russell Sr.[1]
Originally, Russell worked as an attorney for the Department of Justice (DOJ).[1] He would also marry both of the sisters of former Confederate Colonel, John S. Mosby and by the late 1800s have children from them both.[2] Russell would use his position in the DOJ to hire his brother-in-law as a subordinate in the Bureau of Insular and Territorial affairs.[3]
Russell served as the United States' Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iran from 1909 to 1914.[4]
In 1917 Russell would be listed as the editor on his brother-in-law's memoirs.[2][5]
Russell died in 1927.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Ohio County, West Virginia Biographies". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ a b Russell, Charles Wells (September 22, 1917). Publishers Weekly. Little, Brown and Company.
- ^ Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history. David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. OCLC 49681605.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b "Charles Wells Russell - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Eicher, David J. (2002). Robert E. Lee: A Life Portrait. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-87833-147-5.
  | This American diplomat–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |