Somerville Pinkney Tuck

Somerville Pinkney Tuck (May 3, 1891 – April 21, 1967)[1] was an American diplomat.

Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr.
1st United States Ambassador to Egypt
In office October 10, 1946 – May 30, 1948
President	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister)
Succeeded by	Stanton Griffis
United States Minister to Egypt
In office June 14, 1944 – October 10, 1946
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Alexander Comstock Kirk
Succeeded by	Himself (as Ambassador)
Personal details
Born	May 3, 1891 New Brighton, New York
Died	April 21, 1967 (aged 75) Paris, France

Early in his career, in the early 1920s Tuck was the American Consul at Vladivostok.[2]

Tuck, during World War II, was the Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'affaires to Vichy France.[3]

After leaving that post, Tuck became the last envoy and first United States Ambassador to Egypt; in the latter role, he served from 1946 to 1948.[1][4] After retiring from government service, he served on the board of directors of the Suez Canal in the 1950s.[5]

Tuck died in Paris in April 1967.[6]

References

1. "Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1891–1967)". Office of the Historian. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
2. "American Consul leaves Vladivostok". The Boston Globe. May 18, 1923. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
3. Bauer, Yehuda (1981), American Jewry and the Holocaust: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1939–1945, Wayne State University Press, p. 176, ISBN 978-0-8143-1672-6
4. Louis, William Roger (1986), The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, Oxford University Press, p. 242, ISBN 978-0-19-822960-5
5. "The Suez Canal". Life. October 22, 1951. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
6. "S. PINKNEY TUCK, DIPLOMAT, DEAD; First Envoy to Egypt, 75-- On Board of Suez Canal". The New York Times. 1967-04-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-27.