Career Foreign Service officer beginning in 1916. Served in various capacities in London, Dublin, Sofia, Constantinople, Belgrade, Guaymas, Mexico City, Smyrna, Izmir, and Ankara. Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics, 1938-1942. Ambassador to Honduras in 1947. Selected to the rank of Career Minister in 1948, he represented President Truman at the inauguration of Dr. Juan Manuel Galvez as president of Honduras (rank of Special Ambassador) in 1949. Appointed as Chief, Career Development Staff, in 1956 and received the State Department Distinguished Service award in 1959.
Career Foreign Service officer beginning in 1916. Served in various capacities in London, Dublin, Sofia, Constantinople, Belgrade, Guaymas, Mexico City, Smyrna, Izmir, and Ankara. Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics, 1938-1942. Ambassador to Honduras in 1947. Selected to the rank of Career Minister in 1948, he represented President Truman at the inauguration of Dr. Juan Manuel Galvez as president of Honduras (rank of Special Ambassador) in 1949. Appointed as Chief, Career Development Staff, in 1956 and received the State Department Distinguished Service award in 1959.
Family Members
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![Sidney Bursley]()
Sidney Gile Bursley
1873–1949
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![Mildred Bursley]()
Mildred Howard Herbert Bursley
1874–1964
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Robertina Mary Harty Bursley
1900–1993 (m. 1924)
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![Harry Bursley]()
Harry Clarke Bursley
1899–1971
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![Howard Bursley]()
Howard Bursley
1903–1975
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![Mildred Watkins]()
Mildred Bursley Watkins
1913–1994
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Records on Ancestry
Herbert Sidney Bursley
1900 United States Federal Census
Herbert Sidney Bursley
1910 United States Federal Census
Herbert Sidney Bursley
1940 United States Federal Census
Herbert Sidney Bursley
1920 United States Federal Census
Herbert Sidney Bursley
U.S., Consular Reports of Births, 1910-1949
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