18 Facts About Lincoln MacVeagh

Lincoln MacVeagh was a United States diplomat, archaeologist, soldier and publisher, he was the founder of Dial Press.

Lincoln MacVeagh served a long career as the United States ambassador to several countries during difficult times.

The MacVeagh family has several noted names in the history of the United States:.

Lincoln MacVeagh was born October 1,1890, in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, the son of Charles MacVeagh and Fanny Davenport Rogers MacVeagh.

Lincoln MacVeagh was fluent in German, French, Spanish, Latin, and Classical Greek.

Lincoln MacVeagh served in the US Army during the Great War, attaining the rank of Major.

Lincoln MacVeagh was a member of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe.

In 1933, President Franklin D Roosevelt appointed MacVeagh to be the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece.

Lincoln MacVeagh remained at the post in Athens until June 5,1941, several months after the German Army overran Greece.

Lincoln MacVeagh served in Pretoria from May 21,1942, until November 21,1943, successfully coordinating the American wartime agencies there.

Lincoln MacVeagh pressed the post-war Greek Government to pursue a democratic policy.

Lincoln MacVeagh remained at the post in Lisbon until February 26,1952.

In 1952, President Truman called upon Lincoln MacVeagh to serve as ambassador to Spain.

Lincoln MacVeagh retired in 1953 as an envoy in Madrid after having conducted successful negotiations for military and economic agreements between the United States and Spain.

In May 1955, Lincoln MacVeagh remarried Mrs Virginia Ferrante Coats, daughter of Marchese and Marchesa Ferrante di Ruffano of Naples, Italy.

Lincoln MacVeagh died on January 15,1972, at a nursing home in Adelphi, Maryland, at the age of 81.

Lincoln MacVeagh was survived by his wife and daughter, Margaret of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lincoln MacVeagh was interred at the Church of the Redeemer Cemetery in Lower Merion Township near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.