# Charles Payson

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{{Short description|American diplomat (1837–1913)}}

{{About||the owner of the New York Mets|Charles Shipman Payson}}
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'''Charles Payson''' (May 2, 1837 – July 11, 1913), of [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts),<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/anamericanalman04compgoog |title=American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year 1880 |first=Ainsworth Rand |last=Spofford |author-link=Ainsworth Rand Spofford |year=1880 |page=[https://archive.org/details/anamericanalman04compgoog/page/n146 147] |publisher=[American News Company](/source/American_News_Company)}}</ref> was a United States diplomat.  He served as United States [Third Assistant Secretary of State](/source/Third_Assistant_Secretary_of_State) from June 22, 1878 to June 30, 1881.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idBzGjwjVGIC&pg=PA191 |first=Elmer |last=Pischke |title=U.S. Department of State: A Reference History |year=1999 |page=191 |publisher=[Greenwood Publishing Group](/source/Greenwood_Publishing_Group) |isbn=9780313291265}}</ref>

Payson was born in [Messina](/source/Messina), Sicily on May 2, 1837.

In 1881, [United States Secretary of State](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_State) [James G. Blaine](/source/James_G._Blaine) removed Payson from office so that his son, [Walker Blaine](/source/Walker_Blaine), could become Third Secretary.<ref>{{cite book |first=Stephen |last=Hess |author-link=Stephen Hess |title=America's Political Dynasties |publisher=[Transaction Publishers](/source/Transaction_Publishers) |year=1997 |page=141 |isbn=9781560009115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4HZVCTQvkEC}}</ref>  At that time, Payson became [U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Denmark), holding that office from August 12, 1881 to February 23, 1882.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/payson-charles |title=Charles Payson (?–1913) |work=State Dept.'s [Office of the Historian](/source/Office_of_the_Historian), [Bureau of Public Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_Public_Affairs) |publisher=[United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

After the ending of Payson's diplomatic duties in 1882, the Paysons lived mainly in Europe.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/10/29/106071236.pdf |title=Raymond Le Ghait's Wedding |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=October 29, 1895 |access-date=20 May 2019 |location=Washington}}</ref>  Payson died at the {{ill|Hôtel Bernascon|fr}} in [Aix-les-Bains](/source/Aix-les-Bains), France on July 11, 1913.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48300793/charles-payson/ |title=Charles Payson |newspaper=[The Sun](/source/The_Sun_(New_York_City)) |location=Aix-les-Bains |page=7 |date=1913-07-12 |access-date=2020-04-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>  His remains were transported to [Vevey](/source/Vevey), Switzerland, where he was buried.

Payson's wife Fanny was the daughter of [Governor of Wisconsin](/source/Governor_of_Wisconsin) [Cadwallader C. Washburn](/source/Cadwallader_C._Washburn).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adolf-cluss.org/index.php?lang=en&topSub=washington&content=w&sub=3.5.39 |title=Profile of Fanny Washburn Payson House |work=adolf-cluss.org |access-date=20 May 2019}}</ref>

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 before=[John Allen Campbell](/source/John_Allen_Campbell)|
 title=[Third Assistant Secretary of State](/source/Third_Assistant_Secretary_of_State)|
 after=[Walker Blaine](/source/Walker_Blaine)|
 years=June 22, 1878 &ndash; June 30, 1881}}
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 before=[Adam Badeau](/source/Adam_Badeau)|
 title=[United States Chargé d'Affaires to Denmark](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Denmark)|
 after=[James P. Wickersham](/source/James_P._Wickersham)|
 years=August 12, 1881 &ndash; February 23, 1882}}
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Denmark
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