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William Howard Taft III (August 7, 1915 – February 23, 1991) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957, and was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft.
William Howard Taft III was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957, and was a grandson of President William Howard Taft and First Lady Helen Louise "Nellie" Taft.
Four-year-old Maria and 15-months-old William Howard Taft III were visiting him this week (see cut). He is a low-church Episcopalian and one of the respectable heirs of the respectable age...
William Howard Taft was born September 15, 1857, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alphonso Taft and Louise Torrey. The Taft family was not wealthy, living in a modest home in the suburb of Mount Auburn . Alphonso served as a judge and an ambassador, and was U.S. Secretary of War and Attorney General under President Ulysses S. Grant .
William Howard Taft III, a former ambassador to Ireland, died Saturday at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 75. He died of prostate cancer, his family said.
Kennedy, Charles Stuart, and William H Taft. Interview with William Howard Taft III. 1987. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mfdipbib001159/>.
Q: Today is April 30th, 1987 I am interviewing Ambassador William H. Taft, III regarding his period as Ambassador to Ireland from 1953 to 1957. This interview is on behalf of the Association for Diplomatic Studies. I am Charles Stuart Kennedy.
