F. Lammot Belin | |
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| 2ndChief of Protocol of the United States | |
| In office November 17, 1930 – September 15, 1931 | |
| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | James Clement Dunn |
| Succeeded by | Warren Delano Robbins |
| United States Ambassador to Poland | |
| In office December 13, 1932 – March 4, 1933 | |
| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | John N. Willys |
| Succeeded by | John Cudahy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ferdinand Lammot Belin (1881-03-15)March 15, 1881 Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 1961(1961-07-06) (aged 80) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Children | At least 1 |
Ferdinand "Mot" Lammot Belin (March 15, 1881 – July 6, 1961) was an American diplomat who served asChief of Protocol of the United States and as theU.S. Ambassador to Poland in the early 1930s.
Belin was married and he had at least one child, Peter Belin, who served as a captain in theU.S. Navy and was a survivor of the zeppelinHindenburg disaster in 1937.
At one point, Belin was scheduled to travel on theRMS Titanic in 1912, but he canceled his trip. The shipsank in the North Atlantic Ocean during her maiden voyage fromSouthampton toNew York City, killing more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliestpeacetime marine disasters.[1]
Belin and his wife bought theEvermay property inWashington, D.C., on November 28, 1923. As part of extensive renovations and enlargements, he removed Victorian elements at the house to restore its Georgian simplicity. He owned the property until his death in 1961, when it was inherited by his son, Peter Belin.[2] Evermay was added to theU.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and is a contributing property to theGeorgetown Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.
Belin, a careerForeign Service Officer, was appointed Chief of the Division of International Conferences and Protocol at theU.S. State Department on November 17, 1930. This position later became known as Chief of Protocol of the United States. He retained this position for less than a year and left the office on September 15, 1931.[3]
In 1932, during a recess of the U.S. Senate, PresidentHerbert Hoover appointed Belin to become U.S. Ambassador to theRepublic of Poland. Belin presented his credentials on December 13, 1932, and left office a few months later when his recess appointment expired.[4]
Belin died inWashington, D.C., on July 6, 1961, at the age of 80.
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