Sir William Wiseman, 10th Baronet
Sir William George Eden Wiseman, 10th Baronet
Life
The grandson of
As a businessman, before the outbreak of the
Wiseman acted as a liaison between Woodrow Wilson and the British government. He and his associate General Julius Klein were closely associated with Special Advisor to Wilson Colonel Edward M. House. He met with Wilson on a regular basis and on one notable occasion in August 1918 spent a week's vacation with the President and House.[5] Wiseman was also a mentor to spy chief William Stephenson.[2] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath, In recognition of services in connection with the War, in the King's 1918 Birthday Honours.[6]
After the war, Wiseman was a participant in the
He remained in the U.S. as an employee of Kuhn Loeb, becoming a partner in 1929.References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Sir William Wiseman". The Times. No. 55420. 18 June 1962. p. 14.
- ^ "No. 27429". The London Gazette. 29 April 1902. p. 2864.
- S2CID 154992373.
- ^ The Secret History of MI6; 1909-1949, Keith Jeffery, Penguin, 2010, Kindle Edition location 2153
- ^ "No. 30723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1918. p. 6528.
See alsol
Further reading
- Fowler, W.B. British-American Relations 1917โ1918. The Role of Sir William Wiseman (Princeton University Press, 1969). online review also dissertation version
External links
- Sir William Wiseman papers (MS 666). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. [1]
- Sir William George Eden Wiseman, 10th Bt. entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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