Background
BELL, Alejandro Padilla was born on June 26, 1869 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Ramon and Candelaria (Bell) Padilla.
BELL, Alejandro Padilla was born on June 26, 1869 in Madrid, Spain. Son of Ramon and Candelaria (Bell) Padilla.
High School, Bachelor of Arts. Madrid IT., Bachelor of Laws.
Attache at the State Department, Madrid, 1892. Attache to the Spanish Legation, Washington, 1895. Third Secretary, State Department in Madrid, 1895.
Second Secy, to the Spanish Embassy in London, 1900. Appointed to Special commn. for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Victoria of Great Britain, 1901. First Secy, and Charge d’Affaires in Buenos Aires, 1906.
First Secy, and Charge d Affaires in Tangiers, Morocco, 1907. Appointed in a special commn. as a member of the Spanish Embassy to visit the Sultan at Fez, Morocco. Minister Resident, Chief of the Commercial Division., State Department of Madrid.
1911. Appointed to the Special Commission, State Department in Madrid for the internalization of Tangiers, June 1912. Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Paris, 1914. Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, 1916.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Lisbon, 1917. Spanish Ambassador to Washington, since 1926.
Member: Academy, of Jurisprudence, Madrid. Clubs: Louisiana Gran Pena, Madrid, Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Congressional, Racket, (Washington).
Spouse Carmen de Satrustegui, September 16, 1897.