Background
Byington, Homer Morrison was born on September 19, 1879 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of George Richmond and Emma Marsalena (Morrison) Byington.
Byington, Homer Morrison was born on September 19, 1879 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of George Richmond and Emma Marsalena (Morrison) Byington.
Educated preparatory school and under tutor.
Appointed clerk American Consulate, Naples, Italy, 1897. Vice consul, Naples, 1900-1908, Rome, 1908-1909. Consul, Bristol, England, 1909-1913, Leeds, 1913-1917, Hull, 1917-1919, Palermo, Italy, 1919-1920, Naples, 1920.
Consul general, March 1, 1923. Chief Division Foreign Service Personnel, 1929-1933. Foreign service inspector since September 2, 1933.
Member Board Examiners for Foreign Service, 1929. Appointed secretary in diplomatic service, March 10, 1931. Consul general, Antwerp, 1935, Montreal since 1935.
United States delegate to International Conference on Emigration and Immigration, Rome, 1924. Retired, October 1, 1944.
Member Board Examiners for Foreign Service, 1929.
Married Jeannette Lindsley Gregory, June 2, 1903. Children: Homer Morrison, Jeannette Gregory, James Gregory, Joan Richmond, Janice Joy, Ward Gregory.