Background
Palmer, Ely Eliot was born on November 29, 1887 in Providence. Son of George Frederick and Martha Josephine (Hunt) Palmer.
Ely Eliot Palmer
November 29, 1887
1 son, George Eliot. Assigned duty Department of State, Washington, December 1910. With American Embassy, Mexico City, 1911-1912. Vice and deputy consul general, Paris, 1913-1915. With Department of State, 1915-1916. Consul, Madrid, Spain, 1916-1921, Bucharest, Rumania, 1921-1926. Consul general, Bucharest, 1926-1929, Vancouver, B.C., 1929-1933, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1933-1935. Counselor of legation and consul general at Ottawa, 1935-1938. Consul general, Beirut, Syria, 1938-1941, Sydney, Australia, 1941-1944. Became minister to Afghanistan, October 1944, ambassador, 1948.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Brown U., 1908. U. Paris, 1908-1909; Master in Diplomacy, George Washington University, 1910.
Career
1 son, George Eliot. Assigned duty Department of State, Washington, December 1910. With American Embassy, Mexico City, 1911-1912. Vice and deputy consul general, Paris, 1913-1915.
With Department of State, 1915-1916. Consul, Madrid, Spain, 1916-1921, Bucharest, Rumania, 1921-1926. Consul general, Bucharest, 1926-1929, Vancouver, B.C., 1929-1933, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1933-1935.
Counselor of legation and consul general at Ottawa, 1935-1938. Consul general, Beirut, Syria, 1938-1941, Sydney, Australia, 1941-1944. Became minister to Afghanistan, October 1944, ambassador, 1948.
Membership
Member Zeta Psi.
Connections
Married Eno Ham, June 19, 1913.
