George H Steuart (1907–1998) was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer, and one of the last consuls of the United States of America in Liverpool, England. He was a major benefactor of the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library in Lancaster, Virginia, donating by deed of gift the Steuart Blakemore Building, formerly known as the Old Post Office.
Steuart was born in Ottoman, Virginia on November 3, 1907, the son of physician George H St...
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George H Steuart (1907–1998) was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer, and one of the last consuls of the United States of America in Liverpool, England. He was a major benefactor of the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library in Lancaster, Virginia, donating by deed of gift the Steuart Blakemore Building, formerly known as the Old Post Office.
Steuart was born in Ottoman, Virginia on November 3, 1907, the son of physician George H Steuart, and Irene Blakemore, and the grandson of Captain George Biscoe Steuart (1817-1884), who served with the Confederate army during the American Civil War. He was a descendant of the politician and planter George Steuart of Annapolis, a Scottish physician who founded his family's fortune in early 18th century Annapolis Steuart attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and began his career in public service with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the National Youth Administration.
During World War II, he was chief of...
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