Theodore Marburg

Theodore Marburg Sr. was an American jurist, diplomat and internationalist.

Biography

He was born on July 10, 1862, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the United States Minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914. He was the executive secretary of the League to Enforce Peace, and a prominent advocate of the League of Nations.
He died in Vancouver on March 3, 1946.

Legacy

His papers are archived at the Library of Congress. His daughter, Christine, married Dutch statesman Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer. His son, Theodore Marburg Jr. was one of a small number of Americans who joined the British to fight in World War I before the Americans joined the war.