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- Birth nameBenjamin Sumner Welles
- Sumner Welles was born on October 14, 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Mathilde Townsend, E. Slater and Harriette Appleton Post. He died on September 24, 1961 in Bernardsville, New Jersey, USA.
- SpousesMathilde Townsend(1925 - 1949) (her death)E. Slater(1915 - 1923) (divorced, 2 children)Mathilde TownsendHarriette Appleton Post(? - 1961) (his death)
- ChildrenBenjamin Welles
- ParentsFrances Wyeth SwanBenjamin Sumner Welles Jr
- RelativesJohn Jacob Astor(Cousin)
- Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Spanish culture and history.
- Named for his great-uncle, the abolitionist senator Charles Sumner.
- Graduated from Groton.
- Carried the train of Eleanor Roosevelt when she married her cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- Scored higher than any other applicant on the Foreign Service exam.
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