Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825–September 16, 1883) was an American planter and diplomat. He was the owner of a plantation in

Adams County, Mississippi Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,538. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territory. It is named ...

, and he served as the United States Minister Resident to Belgium from 1876 to 1877. He graduated from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

in 1845.

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1825 births 1883 deaths People from Adams County, Mississippi American planters Ambassadors of the United States to Belgium Harvard University alumni {{US-diplomat-stub