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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr.
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Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., also known as A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. (December 17, 1897 - November 13, 1961), was an American diplomat.
Biddle was the son of millionaire Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle and Cordelia Rundell (Bradley) Biddle. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Biddle served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I. He was married to Mary Duke Biddle in 1915, and they divorced in 1934. He had two subsequent marriages. He served in the following diplomatic posts:
- U.S. Minister to:
- Norway, 1935-37, 1941-42
- Netherlands, 1941-42
- Yugoslavia, 1941
- Czechoslovakia, 1941-43
- Greece, 1941-42
- U.S. Ambassador to:
- Poland, 1937-43
- Belgium, 1941-43
- Netherlands, 1942-43
- Norway, 1942-43
- Yugoslavia, 1942
- Greece, 1942-43
- Czechoslovakia, 1943
- Spain, 1961
He died in 1961. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. Cenotaph at Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hoffman Philip |
U.S. Ambassador to Norway 1935–1937 |
Succeeded by Jaffray Harriman |
| Preceded by Jaffray Harriman |
U.S. Ambassador to Norway 1941–1943 To Norway government-in-exile in England. Commissioned also to Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, and Yugoslavia; resident at London. |
Succeeded by Lithgow Osborne |
| Preceded by John Lodge |
U.S. Ambassador to Spain 1961 |
Succeeded by Ellis O. Briggs |
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