Alexander W. Weddell

Alexander W. Weddell

Alexander Wilbourne Weddell (6 April 1876-1 January 1948) was an American diplomat. He served as United States ambassador to Argentina from 1933 to 1939 and to Spain from 1939 to 1942.

Weddell was born in Richmond, Virginia, and attended George Washington University. On 31 May 1923 he married a wealthy widow, Virginia Chase Steedman. He served as president of the Virginia Historical Society from 1943 until his death.

Weddell was the author or editor of several books, including:

*"A Memorial Volume of Virginia Historical Portraiture" (1930)
*"Richmond, Virginia, in Old Prints" (1932)
*"Introduction to Argentina" (1939)
*"Portraiture in the Virginia Historical Society" (1945)

Weddell and his wife died in a train accident on 1 January 1948. Their Richmond home, Virginia House, belongs to the Virginia Historical Society and is open to the public.

ources

* Virginius Cornick Hall Jr., "Portraits in the Collection of the Virginia Historical Society" (1981), pp. 254-255. ISBN 0-8139-0813-2.

External links

* [http://www.vahistorical.org/vh/virginia_house01.htm Virginia House]
* [http://www.vahistorical.org/vh/vh_weddells_aw.htm Virginia Historical Society biography]


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