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Wilson, Hugh R(obert)

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Wilson, Hugh R(obert) (1885-1946)

US diplomat. The last pre-war ambassador to Germany (1938-39), he was born in Evanston, Illinois. After a series of posts with the US Foreign Service (1911-27), he was ambassador to Switzerland (1927-37) and a US delegate to the London Naval Conference (1930). He was assistant secretary of state (1937) and ambassador to Germany. Following his recall after protesting against Nazi treatment of the Jews, he was not replaced. During World War II he worked in the Office of Strategic Services (1941-45). He wrote The Education of a Diplomat (1938) and Diplomat Between Wars (1941).
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