Gilchrist Baker Stockton

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United States Minister to Austria
In office
May 15, 1930 – September 21, 1933
PresidentHerbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byAlbert Henry Washburn
Succeeded byGeorge Howard Earle III
Personal details
Born(1890-08-20)August 20, 1890
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
DiedAugust 28, 1972(1972-08-28) (aged 82)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Mildred Lee Churchwell
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(m. 1925)​
RelationsJames McNair Baker (grandfather)
ChildrenMildred (Mimi) Stockton Adams Gilchrist Baker Stockton Jr.
Parent(s)John Noble Cummings Stockton
Fannie James Baker Stockton
Alma materPrinceton University
Christ Church, Oxford

Rear Admiral Gilchrist Baker Stockton (August 20, 1890 – August 28, 1972) was a non-career appointee who served as the American Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria from 1930 to 1933.

Early life

Gilchrist Baker Stockton's service card from the U.S. Navy during WWI.

Stockton was born on August 20, 1890, in

U.S. Senator from Florida.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Julia Elizabeth (née Telfair) Stockton and

U.S. Civil War and also served as mayor of Quincy, Florida. His maternal grandparents were Fannie Perry (née Gilchrist) Baker and James McNair Baker, who was elected as a Senator from Florida to the Confederate States Senate, serving from 1862 until the Confederacy's demise in 1865. From 1865 to 1868, he served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida and was the namesake of Baker County, Florida.[1]

After preparing to finish his final year at

Rhodes scholarship,[3] like his elder brother, so he left Princeton to study at Christ Church, Oxford from 1914 to 1917, graduating with a B.A. degree, followed by an M.A. degree from Oxford in 1927.[4]

Career

From 1915 to 1916, he was a staff member of the

Chief of Mission for the American Relief Administration in Austria from 1919 to 1920.[4]

In 1928, he was a delegate from Florida to

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Austria in Vienna.[5] The existing Minister, Albert Henry Washburn, who bad been in the role since 1922, died in office three months later on April 29, 1930. On May 15, 1930, two weeks after Washburn's death, Stockton presented his credentials in Vienna,[6] serving in that role until leaving his post on September 21, 1933.[7] He was succeeded by President Roosevelt's appointee, George Howard Earle III.[8]

Stockton served as executive vice-president of the Mail Order Association of America and as president of the Ortega Real Estate Company in Florida.[9]

Military career

From 1917 to 1950, he served with the

United States High Commissioner to the Philippines,[10] Senator Charles O. Andrews sponsored Stockton's promotion from Captain to Rear Admiral.[4][11]

Personal life

On October 14, 1925, Stockton married Mildred Lee Churchwell (1902–1990), Class of 1921 - Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. She was the daughter of Augustus Franklin Churchwell and Florrie Dean Churchwell of Jacksonville, FL. Admiral Stockton and his wife were the parents of:[12]

Mildred Stockton Adams (Mimi) 1927-1971, an environmental activist

Gilchrist Baker Stockton Jr., 1930 - 2006, who was born in Vienna and became an attorney.[13]

In 1951, Stockton suffered a nervous breakdown.[9] He recovered fully and went on to serve as President of the Ortega Company until his retirement.

Stockton died on August 28, 1972. He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, James Grant; Dick, Charles; Fiske, John; Fay, John William; Homans, James Edward; Linen, Herbert M.; Dearborn, L. E. (1924). The Cyclopædia of American Biography. Press Association Compilers, Incorporated. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ University, Princeton (1917). Directory of Living Alumni of Princeton University. The Princeton University. p. 202. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. ^ "RHODES SCHOLARS DINE.; Former Students Give Dinenr to 1926 Group". The New York Times. 2 October 1926. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. ^
    Hoover Institution Archives
    . Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  5. ^ Times, Special to The New York (10 January 1930). "HOOVER WAR AIDES NAMED AS ENVOYS; President Designates Sackett for Berlin, Stockton for Vienna and Ratshesky for Prague. KENTUCKIAN IS CONFIRMED Senate Acts Promptly on Colleague for Whose Seat Gov. Sampson Appoints J.M. Robsion. Stockton's Work Abroad. Ratshesky Noted in Philanthropy. Robsion a Farm-Bred Lawyer". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. ^ TIMES, Wireless to THE NEW YORK (17 February 1931). "BURGLAR LOSES WALLET.; Intruder Flees From Home of Our Minister in Vienna". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Gilchrist Baker Stockton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute United States Department of State. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  8. ^ Stockton, Gilchrist B. (29 July 1934). "ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS -- AN ABLE STATESMAN; An Appreciation of the Late Chancellor By the Former American Minister to Austria". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Former Envoy Saved on 12th Story Ledge". The New York Times. 26 June 1951. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  10. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (8 November 1945). "M'NUTT PICKS ROSE FOR CHIEF OF STAFF; Philippines Commissioner Puts the General and Several Others in Manila Posts". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  11. U.S. Government Printing Office
    . Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  12. ^ "Weddings and Engagements in Florida: Stewart-Stockton". The Tampa Tribune. 19 October 1955. p. 16.
  13. ^ Princeton Alumni Weekly. "Memorial: Gilchrist B. Stockton Jr. '52". paw.princeton.edu. Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

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United States Minister to Austria

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