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Gibson (HUGH an American diplomat born)

HUGH, an American diplomat, born at Los Angeles, Cal., in 1883. He was educated in France, and in 1908 was appointed secretary of of legation at Honduras. In 1909-1910 he was 2d secretary of the American Embassy in London, and in 1910-1911 he was private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of State, in Washington. He served in Le- Legation, in Brussels, where he reand in 1914 was appointed secretary of Legation, in Brussels, where he remained until 1916, when he was assigned to the Embassy in London. In the following year he was on duty at the Department of State in Washington. He was appointed in 1918 1st secretary of the American Embassy in Paris. He was a member of the Inter-Allied Mission to the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1918-1919. In the latter year he was appointed first American Minister to Poland. He was the author of "A Journal from Our Legation in Belgium" (1917).