Frederic Jesup Stimson

{{Short description|American diplomat (1855–1943)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Frederic Jesup Stimson | honorific_suffix = | image = Portrait of Frederic Jesup Stimson.jpg | alt = Black and white portrait of a man with full beard, about 56, dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowtie. | order = 21st | ambassador_from = United States | country = Argentina | term_start = January 8, 1915 | term_end = April 21, 1921 | predecessor = [[John W. Garrett (diplomat)|John W. Garrett]] | successor = [[John W. Riddle]] | president = [[Woodrow Wilson]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|07|20}} | birth_place = [[Dedham, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|11|19|1855|07|20}} | death_place = Dedham, Massachusetts | death_cause = | resting_place = [[Old Village Cemetery]] | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | other_party =  | height =  | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{Marriage|Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot|June 2, 1881|1896|end=d.}} * {{Marriage|Mabel Ashhurst|November 12, 1902}} }} | relations = | children = {{Plainlist| *Mildred Stimson *Margaret "Lorna" Stimson }} | parents =  | mother =  | father =  | relatives = | education = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]], [[Legum Doctor|LL.D.]]) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = Writer, lawyer, diplomat | signature = Signature of Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943).png | signature_alt = | website = }}

'''Frederic Jesup Stimson''' (July 20, 1855 – November 19, 1943) was an American writer and lawyer, who served as the [[United States Ambassador to Argentina]] from 1915 to 1921.

==Career== Stimson was a [[Harvard Law]] graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a [[novelist]] specializing in [[historical romance]]s, sometimes writing under the [[pen name]] "J.S. of Dale".<ref name="obit" />

Stimson served as the [[United States Ambassador to Argentina]] from 1915 to 1921. He was the first U.S. envoy to Argentina to hold the title "Ambassador", the previous envoys having held the title "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary".{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

== Personal life == Stimson was born in [[Dedham, Massachusetts]] on July 20, 1855.<ref name="Biographical" />{{efn|His record at the [[Old Village Cemetery]] lists his place of birth as Philadelphia.<ref name=ovc/>}} He later purchased the home built by [[Fisher Ames]].<ref name="fisher" />

Stimson had two wives: Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot and Mabel Ashhurst. He married Abbot in 1881,{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} and had two children with her: Mildred Stimson (April 23, 1883 – December 17, 1966) and Margaret "Lorna" Stimson (January 3, 1889 – July 12, 1956).{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Following Abbot's death in 1896, Stimson married Ashhurst in 1902.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}[[File:Frederic_Jesup_Stimson’s_grave.jpg|thumb|Frederic Jesup Stimson's grave in the [[Old Village Cemetery]]]] He died at his home in Dedham on November 19, 1943.<ref name="GlobeObit" /> He is buried in lot EI3 at the [[Old Village Cemetery]].<ref name="ovc" />

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==References== <references>

<ref name=fisher>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qDtAAQAAMAAJ&q=Frederick+J.+Stimson | title = Boston: A Guide Book | first = Edwin Monroe | last = Bacon | publisher = Ginn | year = 1903}}</ref>

<ref name=ovc>{{Cite web | url = https://dedhamvillage.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/burials_old_village_cemetery_dedham_ma.pdf | page = 26 | title = Old Village Cemetery List of Burials | publisher = Dedham Village Preservation Association | first = Peter T. | last = Damon |access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>

<ref name=obit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/11/21/archives/frederic-timson-exdiplomat-dead-former-envoy-to-argentina-and-l.html |title=Frederic Stimson, ex-diplomat, dead; Former Envoy to Argentina and Brazil Was the Author of Novels, Political Books |date=November 21, 1943 |work=The New York Times |page=57 |access-date=June 17, 2018 |language=en |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

<ref name=Biographical>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/?id=fC0EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP429 |title=Biographical History of Massachusetts |volume=II |editor-first=Samuel Atkins |editor-last=Eliot |editor-link=Samuel A. Eliot (minister) |publisher=Massachusetts Biographical Society |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page= |year=1909 |access-date=2022-06-03 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

<ref name=GlobeObit>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103089954/deaths-and-funerals-frederic-j-stimson/ |title=Deaths and Funerals: Frederic J. Stimson |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |location=Dedham |page=9 |date=1943-11-20 |access-date=2022-06-03 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{wikisource author-inline}} *{{Commons category-inline}} * {{LCAuth|n50011512|Frederic Jesup Stimson|52|}} * [https://lccn.loc.gov/no2020039233 J. S., of Dale] at LC Authorities, with 6 records, and [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2020039233/ at WorldCat] * {{ISFDB name|127700}} * {{Gutenberg author |8370 | name=Frederic Jesup Stimson}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Frederic Jesup Stimson}} * {{Librivox author |id=15357}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902111410/http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou00987 Letters written to Frederic Stimson at Harvard University]

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