Lloyd Carpenter Griscom

Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (November 4, 1872–1959) was an American diplomat, born at Riverton, New Jersey. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9903E5D7143CE633A25751C0A9629C946396D6CF&oref=slogin "LLOYD C. GRISCOM UNDER THE KNIFE; Condition Very Grave Last Night in Philadelphia After an Operation"] , "The New York Times", April 2, 1912. Accessed December 14, 2007. "Lloyd Carpenter Griscom was born in Riverton, N. J., on Nov. 4, 1872."] He graduated in 1891 from the University of Pennsylvania and studied law there and then at the New York Law School. In 1893-94 he was in England as secretary to Ambassador Thomas Bayard; in 1897 he was deputy district attorney of New York; and during the Spanish-American War he served as captain and assistant quartermaster.

After a short period as Secretary of Legation and chargé d' affaires at Constantinople, he became Minister to Persia in 1901. He held the corresponding post in Japan (1902-06) and was ambassador to Brazil (1906-07) and to Italy (1907-09). In 1911 he became a member of the law firm of Beekman, Menken, and Griscom, New York City, and was thereafter active in local Republican politics. He contributed numerous articles to the Philadelphia "Sunday Press" on travel in Central America. In 1917 he was appointed a major in the department of the Adjutant-General of the United States army and afterwards became Assistant Adjutant-General.

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title = United States Minister to Persia
before = Herbert W. Bowen
after = Richmond Pearson
years = 1901–1902succession box
title = United States Minister to Japan
before = Alfred Buck
after = Luke E. Wright
years = June 22, 1903-November 19, 1905succession box
title = United States Ambassador to Brazil
before = David E. Thompson
after = Irving B. Dudley
years = 6 June 1906–2 January 1907succession box
title = United States Ambassador to Italy
before = Henry White
after = John G. A. Leishman
years = March 17, 1907-June 14, 1909
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