Warren Delano Robbins

Warren Delano Robbins
3rd Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office September 15, 1931 – June 11, 1933
President	Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	F. Lammot Belin
Succeeded by	James Clement Dunn
United States Minister to Canada
In office May 16, 1933 – March 28, 1935
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Hanford MacNider
Succeeded by	Norman Armour
United States Minister to El Salvador
In office February 27, 1929 – April 30, 1931
President	Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	Jefferson Caffery
Succeeded by	Charles B. Curtis
Personal details
Born	Warren Delano Robbins September 3, 1885 Brooklyn, New York
Died	April 7, 1935(1935-04-07) (aged 49)
Education	Harvard University

Warren Delano Robbins (September 3, 1885 – April 7, 1935) was an American diplomat and first cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1931 to 1933 and as the U.S. Minister to El Salvador and Canada.

Biography

Early life

Warren Delano Robbins was born on September 3, 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Harvard University in 1908.

Career

In 1909, Robbins became a secretary on the staff of the United States Ambassador to Portugal. In subsequent years, he would work in a lower-level diplomatic function in Argentina (1909), France (1911), and Guatemala (1914). In 1916, he was briefly assigned to the Department of State's Division of Latin American Affairs before returning to Argentina in 1917 and then on to Chile in 1919. In 1921, he was promoted as Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs, before serving in Germany (1922) and Italy (1925).

In 1929, he was elevated to Minister and given his first post as Chief of Mission, in Salvador. (The country would change its name to El Salvador while he was at that post.) In 1930, he was made a White House ceremonial officer and in 1931 was reassigned to the State Department as Chief of Protocol of the United States. In this role, he was responsible for greeting foreign dignitaries and other ceremonial duties.

In 1933, Robbins was assigned as Chief of Mission to Canada, a position he held until shortly before his death.

Robbins died of pneumonia on April 7, 1935, aged 49.

References

• "Warren D. Robbins Dies of Pneumonia; Our Minister to Canada and Cousin of the President Had Been Ill a Week" (fee). The New York Times. 1935-04-08. p. 19.

External links

• Media related to Warren Delano Robbins at Wikimedia Commons