Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr.
| Herbert Pell | |
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| United States Ambassador to Hungary | |
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In office February 11, 1941 – November 30, 1942 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | John Flournoy Montgomery |
| Succeeded by | None |
| United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
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In office May 27, 1937 – February 11, 1941 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Robert Granville Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Bert Fish |
| 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. February 16, 1884 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | July 17, 1961 (aged 77) Munich, Germany |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) |
Matilda Bigelow (m. 1915; div. 1927) Olive Bigelow Tilton (m. 1927; his death 1961) |
| Children | Claiborne Pell |
| Education | Pomfret School |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Columbia University New York University |
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.
Pell was born in New York City on February 16, 1884 to Katherine Lorillard Kernochan (1858–1917) and Herbert Claiborne Pell (1853–1926). His brother was Clarence Cecil Pell (1885–1964). He was a great-grandson of U.S. Representative John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne. Through his mother and maternal grandparents, James Powell Kernochan (1831–1897) and Catherine Lorillard (1835–1917), the daughter of Pierre Lorillard III (1796–1867), he inherited a share of the Lorillard tobacco fortune.
Pell was educated at the Pomfret School, in Connecticut. He attended Harvard University, Columbia University, and New York University, but did not complete a degree.
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