Background
Winship, North was born on December 31, 1885 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Nathaniel R. and Mary A. (North) Winship.
Winship, North was born on December 31, 1885 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Son of Nathaniel R. and Mary A. (North) Winship.
Special courses, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Bachelor of Laws, Mercer, Macon, 1910.
With Exchange Bank, Macon, 4 years. Admitted to Georgia bar, 1910. Appointed consul at Tahiti, June 24, 1910, at Owen Sound, July 14, 1913, at Petrograd, April 24, 1914, Milan, July 17, 1917, Bombay, December 27, 1921, Fiume, March 30, 1923, Cairo, Egypt, December 9, 1924.
Secretary of Legation, Cairo, September 21, 1926.
Consul general, Copenhagen, 1928. Counselor Legation, Copenhagen, 1931.
Class I, June 1, 1937. Delegate 6th International Conference for Standardization and Penal Law Copenhagen, 1937.
Counselor of Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, August 7, 1937.
Chairman American delegate subcommission of 3d World Conference on Radiotelegraph Experts for Aeronautics, Cracow, Poland, 1939. Counselor of Legation, Pretoria, October 7, 1939. Consul general, Toronto, Canada, June 21, 1941.
Consul general, Montreal, Canada, October 12, 1944.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Pretoria, Union of South Africa, 1948. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to South Africa, 1949.
Clubs: Metropolitan, University (Washington).
Married Catherine Colfelt Taylor, June 28, 1921.