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  1. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (December 17, 1897 – November 13, 1961) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II , reaching the rank of major general .

  2. Jan 2, 2020 · Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. in court tennis dress, Palm Beach Bath & Tennis Club, by Sir Oswald Birley, 1926. Born in 1897, Biddle was the son of the eccentric and wealthy Colonel Anthony J ...

  3. Dec 2, 2019 · 215.895.2705 els332@drexel.edu. The great grandson of Drexel University’s founder Anthony J. Drexel was a citizen, solider and a diplomat – he was a man of many ambitions like his great grandfather. A man of the people, defender of freedom and a scholar of worldly interests, Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. lived a celebrated life worth ...

  4. Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (December 17, 1897 – November 13, 1961) was an American diplomat who served as ambassador to several countries between the 1930s and 1961. He served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II, reaching the rank of major general.

  5. Jan 12, 2024 · Biddle left Warsaw on September 5, 1939, and followed the Government of Poland first to France (September 1939-June 1940) and later to England (where Biddle arrived on March 14, 1941). Before Biddle arrived in London, Rudolf E. Schoenfeld opened the Embassy near the Government of Poland established in England, making his initial call as Chargé ...

  6. Apr 27, 2022 · Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. (1897–1961), also known as A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. or Tony Biddle, was a wealthy socialite who became a diplomat of the United States, and served in the United States Army during World War I and after World War II, reaching the rank of major general. Biography. Biddle was the son of millionaire Anthony ...

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  8. Mr. Biddle, the Philadelphia-born son of millionaire Anthony J. D. Biddle, Sr., married Mary Lillian Duke, daughter of Benjamin N. Duke, and niece of James B. Duke, in 1915. A New York Times story at the time said the wedding was planned for James B. Duke’s “country residence” at Somerville, N.J.