Background
Carter, John Ridgely was born on November 28, 1864 in Baltimore. Son of Bernard and Mary B. (Ridgely) Carter.
Carter, John Ridgely was born on November 28, 1864 in Baltimore. Son of Bernard and Mary B. (Ridgely) Carter.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1883, Master of Arts, 1885, Doctor of Laws, 1911. Leipzig, 1884; Bachelor of Laws, University Maryland, 1887. Harvard Law School, 1888.
Admitted to bar, 1889. Secretary to American ambassador at London, 1894-1896. 2d secretary American Embassy, London, 1896-1905, secretary, 1905-1909, charge d’affaires, 1897.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Roumania, Servia and Bulgaria, 1909-1910.
Accredited as Member of Parliament in temporary charge of embassy at Constantinople, October 5, 1910-June 4, 1911. Appointed Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic, August 12, 1911, but declined.
Entered J. P. Morgan & Company, February 15, 1912. Partner Morgan, Harjes & Company, Paris, September 21, 1914.
Associate secretary Alaska Boundary Tribunal, 1903.
Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington).
Married Alice Morgan, May 24, 1887 (died January 30, 1933).