Background
Macveagh, Lincoln was born on October 1, 1890 in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacV.
Macveagh, Lincoln was born on October 1, 1890 in Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Charles and Fanny Davenport (Rogers) MacV.
Student Groton School, 1903-1909. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1913. Student at Sorbonne, Paris, 1913-1914.
Doctor of Philosophy. (honorary), Athens University.
Samuel E. Thorne; married second, Virginia Ferrante Coats, May 12, 1955. Stepchildren—Colin MacVeagh, Mistress Hugh Reynolds, Gloria MacVeagh, Secretary to director Boston Art Museum, 1912-1913. With United States Steel Products Company, 1914-1915, Henry Holt Company, 1915-1917, 1919-1923.
President Dial Press, Inc., 1923-1933. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Greece, 1933-1941. To Iceland, 1941; to Union of South Africa, 1942.
Ambassador to Greece and Yugoslavia, 1943, to Greece, 1944, Portugal, 1948, to Spain 1952-1953.
Served as 1st lieutenant, later captain and major, Army Expeditionary Force, World War I. Clubs: Jefferson Islands Country.
Married to Margaret Charlton Lewis, August 17, 1917 (died September 9, 1947).; married second, Virginia Ferrante Coats, May 12, 1955.