Background
Young, James Barclay was born on February 14, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Honorary James Rankin and Mary (Barclay) Young.
Young, James Barclay was born on February 14, 1884 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Honorary James Rankin and Mary (Barclay) Young.
Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1907. Studied University of Berlin.
Appointed consular assistant, 1909. V. consul, Milan, Italy, 1909-1911. Served in Berlin, Breslau, Milan and Genoa until 1915.
Appointed consul, 1915.
Served at Nish, Belgrade, and at American Embassy, Vienna, 1915-1916. Had charge of German and Austro-Hungarian interests in all of Serbia, 1915.
Appointed consul at Fiume, July 1916, and had charge of British, French, Italian, Serbian, Russian, Roumanian, Japanese, Belgian, Montenegrin and San Marino interests there. Detailed to Consular Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia, July 1917.
Consul, Venice, Italy, 1920-1929, Southampton, England, 1929-1933.
Promoted consul general, April 1933, assigned to Lima, Peru, 1933, Bucharest, Rumania, 1935. 1st secretary Legation and consul general, Vienna, (counselor of legation), 1936-1937. Consul general, Lisbon, 1937-1941.
Department of State, Washington, District of Columbia, since January 1941.
Club: Chevy Chase (Maryland.).
Married Kathryn Clifton, April.