William R. Finch

William Rufus Finch (December 14, 1847 – August 9, 1913) was a United States diplomat.

Finch was born to John Reynolds and Lydia Ann Finch (née Rogers) in Walworth County, Wisconsin.^[1] On November 2, 1897 he married Lillie M. Law.

Career

Finch served as U.S. Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay from 1898 to 1905. While in office, he gained permission from Paraguay to use their offices during the American occupation of Cuba.^[2]

References

United States Ambassadors to Uruguay

Minister Resident	Asboth Worthington Kirk Stevens Caldwell

Chargé d'Affaires	Caldwell Williams Bacon

Minister Resident	Bacon Maney

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Maney Stuart Finch O'Brien Morgan Grevstad Jeffery Philip Grant-Smith Harrison Wright Lay Dawson Wilson

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dawson McGurk Briggs Ravndal Rodden McIntosh Patterson Woodward Sparks Coerr Hoyt Robert M. Sayre Adair Siracusa Pezzulo Lane Smith (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Aranda Wilkey Brown Dodd Ashby Silverstein Baxter David D. Nelson Lloyd (Chargé d'Affaires ad interim) Reynoso

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William R. Finch

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