John Murray Forbes (1771 – June 14, 1831) was an American diplomat. He served as the Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Buenos Aires from 1825 to 1831.

Early life

John Murray Forbes was born in 1771.

Career

Forbes served as American consul in

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and Statin from 1801 to 1819. He owned the country house America outside Copenhagen and constructed an American-style windmill known as America Mill at the site in 1814. He served as the Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Buenos Aires (later

United States Ambassador to Argentina The United States ambassador to Argentina is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Argentina. Argentina had declared its independence from Spain in 1816 and there followed a series of revolution ...

) from 1825 to 1831.

Later career

In 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the

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and a member of the

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Death

Forbes died on June 14, 1831, in

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References

External links

John Murray Forbes papers
1771 births 1831 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences John Murray Members of the American Antiquarian Society 19th-century American diplomats {{US-diplomat-stub