DEFIED THE KAISER
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR DEAD. The death is reported from Monte Carlo of Mr John G. A. Leishman, who, when United States Ambassador in Berlin in 1913, allowed his daughter, Nancy, to marry a German prince, the Duke of Croy, in spite of objections raised by the ex-Kaiser. After the Ambassador defied the exKaiser by permitting and publishing the engagement, the then Emperor allowed no opportunity to pass to show his personal displeasure towards Mr Leishman. When the Ambassador retired from his post he was not granted a farewell imperial audience, being the first American Ambassador to depart without customary civility and ceremony.
The Duke and Duchess of Croy, who were married in Geneva, now live in Germany.
Mr Leishman, who was within a day of his 67th birthday, had, before going to Berlin, been Ambassador in Constantinople and Rome. Formerly he was President of the Carnegie Steel Company.
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Southland Times, Issue 19280, 26 June 1924, Page 6
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