| Birth: | Apr. 30, 1885
South Bethlehem (Northampton County)
Northampton County
Pennsylvania, USA | | Death: | Mar. 29, 1972
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
U.S. Diplomat. He served as High Commissioner to the Philppines, 1929-1942 and was a Delegate to the United Nations following World War II. In 1933 Sayre left Harvard University's law faculty for the State Department and where he picked Alger Hiss to be his assistant. Later Hiss would be put on trial for perjury after being accused of being a spy. In 1913 Sayre married Jesse Wilson, the daughter of then President Woodrow Wilson. There son Francis B. Sayre Jr. served as the Episcopal dean of the Washington National Cathedral.
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Parents:
Robert Heysham Sayre (1824 - 1907)
Martha Finlay Nevin Sayre (1845 - 1918)
Spouse:
Jessie Woodow Wilson Sayre (1887 - 1933)
Children:
Francis Bowes Sayre (1915 - 2008)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Francis Sayre | | | Burial:
Washington National Cathedral
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 09, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6841866 |
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May GOD Bless you and our other Harvey/Harvie families as you so have blessed these UNITED STATES of North America and Europe! Thank you for your being and service!
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Jonathan Robert De Mallie
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MFPS
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with respect
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