Background
Sands, William Franklin was born on July 29, 1874 in Washington District of Columbia. Son of James Hoban and Mary Elizabeth (Meade) Sands.
Sands, William Franklin was born on July 29, 1874 in Washington District of Columbia. Son of James Hoban and Mary Elizabeth (Meade) Sands.
Educated Feldkirch, Austria, r.o. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1896.
Appointed 2d secretary American Legation at Tokyo, Japan, 1896. 1st secretary at Seoul, of Korea, 1898, charge d’affaires ad interim, 1899. Adviser to Emperor of of Korea, 1900-1904.
Secretary legation and charge d’affaires ad interim, Panama, 1905-1907, Guatemala, 1907-1908.
Secretary embassy, Mexico, and charge d’affaires ad interim, 1908-1909. Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary to Guatamala, 1909-1910.
Resigned. With Speyer & Company, New York, 1911, Central Aguirre Sugar Company, Boston, 1912-1914, George H. McFadden & Brothers, Philadelphia and London, 1914-1915.
Member Commision on Relief of Prisoners of War in Russia, under State Department, 1916-1917. With American International Corporation, New York, 1917-1922.
Formerly held chairs of diplomacy and American history in School of Foreign Service, Washington. Author: Undiplomatic Memories, 1930.
Our Jungle Diplomacy, 1944.
Member Mexico Geography Society.
Married Edith Gertrude Keating, August 17, 1909. Children: James, William Franklin, Robert John, John Keating.