Background
Ives, Ernest Linwood was born on October 17, 1887 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Eugene and Sarah (Read) Ives.
Ives, Ernest Linwood was born on October 17, 1887 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Eugene and Sarah (Read) Ives.
Educated Norfolk Academy. Virginia Military Institute. William and Mary College.
Appointed vice and deputy consul. Mannheim, Germany, 1909. Same, at Magdeburg, 1910-1914.
Vice and deputy consul general, Frank-fort-on-the-Main, 1914, later vice consul.
Vice consul Cologne, 1915, Frankfort, 1915. Erfort, 1916, Breslau, 1916, again at Frankfort, 1916, at Budapest 1917.
Appointed counsular assistant, 1917. Vice consul, Paris, France, 1917, Nantes, 1917, again at Paris, 1918-1923.
Consul at Alexandria, Egypt, 1923-1925.
First secretary Diplomatic Service, American Embassy. Constantinople, Turkey, 1925-1930, first secretary American Legation, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1930. Served as 1st secretary American Legation, Pretoria, Union of South Africa.
Consul general at Lima, 1932, at Algiers, 1933-1936, Stockholm, 1936, Belfast, 1937.
Retired as American foreign service officer, 1939.
Member Kappa Alpha (Southern). Clubs: American (honorary.
Married Elizabeth Davis Stevenson. 1 child, Timothy Read.