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Selden Chapin in the Netherlands in 1951

Selden Chapin (September 19, 1899 – March 26, 1963) was a career foreign service officer and United States diplomat.

Biography

Selden Chapin was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Captain Frederic Lincoln Chapin (who was commander of the battle ship Wyoming) and his wife Grace Card (Selden) Chapin. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1919 to 1925. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927.

He was appointed a foreign service officer in March 1925. After the liberation of Paris in August 1944, he served as Charge d'Affaires in the American Embassy in the absence of an ambassador, since France formally broke off diplomatic relations with the U.S. after the Torch Invasion of North Africa in November 1942. Jefferson Caffery assumed the ambassadorship on 30 December 1944. Later Chapin was the U.S. ambassador to Hungary, Iran, Netherlands, Peru and Panama. Chapin and his wife are interred in Arlington National Cemetery.[1]

His son was Frederic L. Chapin, ambassador to Ethiopia and Guatemala. His niece and ward is Hope Cooke, former wife of the last king of Sikkim, Palden Thondup Namgyal.[2]

References

  1. ^ Burial Detail: Chapin, Selden (Section 8, Grave 38-D) – ANC Explorer
  2. ^ "U.S. Girl is off to wed her Prince". The Straits Times. United Press International. March 14, 1963. p. 2. Retrieved September 26, 2022. Miss Cooke will be accompanied to Gangtok by her aunt, Mrs. Selden Chapin, wife of the former U.S. Ambassador to Persia.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Hungary
1947–1949 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to the Netherlands
October 27, 1949 – October 30, 1953 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Panama
January 2, 1954 – May 29, 1955 		Succeeded by
Julian F. Harrington
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Iran
1955–1958 		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Ambassador to Peru
May 7, 1960 – August 7, 1960 		Succeeded by
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