Herbert C. Pell, Jr.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district |
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In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
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| Preceded by | John F. Carew |
| Succeeded by | Ogden L. Mills |
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Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. February 16, 1884 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | July 17, 1961 (aged 77) Munich, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda Bigelow Pendleton, Olive Bigelow |
| Children | Claiborne Pell |
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Harvard University Columbia University |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (February 16, 1884 – July 17, 1961) was a United States Representative from New York, U.S. Minister to Portugal, U.S. Minister to Hungary, and an instigator and member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission.
Mr. Pell was an internationalist and progressive among a class of economic conservatives and geopolitical isolationists. He was the leading American seeking to build awareness of and prevent the Holocaust—and prosecute those responsible—as the principal U.S. sponsor and member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Mr. Pell had extensive first-hand experience in international affairs, having lived many years in Europe. He also served on the advisory committee of Yenching University, later merged with Peking University.
Born in New York City, he was a great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne. Through his mother, Katherine Lorillard Kernochan, he inherited a share of the Lorillard fortune. He was educated at Pomfret School (Connecticut), Harvard University, and Columbia University, but did not complete a degree.
He married Matilda, daughter of Nelson Pendleton Bigelow. He later married the portraitistOlive Bigelow Pell. He is the father of U.S. Senator Claiborne de Borda Pell and great-grandfather of Herbert Claiborne Pell IV.
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