Background
CHILDS, James Rives was born on February 6, 1893 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
Second Secretary of Legation and American Consul
CHILDS, James Rives was born on February 6, 1893 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
He attended the Virginia Military Institute from 1909 to 1911 and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1912.
Childs obtained a master"s degree from Harvard University in 1915. After the war, Childs worked with the American Relief Administration in the Soviet Union. Childs joined the United States Foreign Service in 1923.
He was the Chargé d"Affaires of Morocco from 1941 to 1945.
He served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1946 to 1950 and held a concurrent post as Ambassador to North Yemen. In 1951, Childs was named Ambassador to Ethiopia.
He retired two years later. In 1987, Childs died in Richmond, Virginia, of a cardiac pulmonary infection, aged 94.
Member, American Commission to Negotiate Peace in Paris. Detailed to American Relief Administration, Serbia, 1919. Appointed after exam.
American Consul, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1923. Detailed to Bucharest, Roumania, 1925. Appointed Secretary, in diplomatic service, 1930.
Assigned as Second Secy, and American Consul to Cairo, Egypt, 1930. Author: Reliques of the Rives, 1929. Member: Virginia. Historical.
Society; Military Intelligence Division., United States Officers Reserve Corps (Captain).
Spouse Georgina de Brylkine, August 13, 1922, Leningrad, Russia.