Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Anthony Joseph Drexel Jr. BIDDLE
Born on December 17, 1897 into the renowned Biddle family of Philadelphia, he served in World War I with the Army and later began a diplomatic career, which included Minister to Norway, Ambassador to Poland in the crucial years from 1937 to the outbreak of World War II, and Ambassador to a number of governments in exile in London during the war.
Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. (1896-1961), Section L, Lot #190
The son of Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle became known for his army service and as an influential diplomat. Biddle, Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Europe during World War I, eventually being promoted from private to captain. His diplomatic career began in 1935, when President Roosevelt appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Norway. He held the same position in Poland two years later. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Biddle became the ambassador to the exiled Polish government in France and deputy ambassador to France. With the German invasion of France, he moved to London and became ambassador to the governments in exile of Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, and Poland in 1941. He retired from diplomatic service three years later to rejoin the army. He was promoted to brigadier general and became chief of the European Allied Contact Section. His work was essential to coordinating the Allied war effort following the invasion of Normandy in 1944. Biddle served in the army until he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Spain by President Kennedy in 1961.
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