John Charles PHILLIPS

                   May have somehow been connected with the American Legation of Peking. He signed,I think it was him, for the passport for Martha Robeson Phillips.
He was the US ambassador to Italy at the outbreak of WW II.

Phillips' career was amazing, encompassing the following events: ? Assistant secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, 1917-1920 ? Ambassador to Italy from 1936-1941, where he tried to dissuade Mussolini from entering World War II against the U.S. He resigned after failing. ? Ambassador to India from 1942-1944, where hewas sharply critical of British colonial government. When his letters to Pres. Roosevelt were leaked, it caused numerous diplomatic problems. ? In 1946 he served on the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine, which recommended a 10-point plan for creation of a Palestinian state that would be neither Jewish nor Arab. ? In retirement he wrote a book, "Ventures in Diplomacy," Beacon Press, 1952. He was closely associated with the Houghton Library at Harvard. His wife's diaries are at Schlesinger Library at Harvard. He also was an active member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

The NY Times notes the marriages of three of Ambassador Phillips children duringWorld War II: * Evelyn Gardiner, of Boston, to Drayton, Dec. 1, 1940 * Barbara Holbrook to William, Jr. on Oct. 26, 1941 * Ame Phillips to Lt. John W. Bryant, June 16, 1942
                  

                   Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 about Martha Robeson Phillips
Name:	Martha Robeson Phillips
Birth Date:	1 Feb 1882
Event Type:	Birth
Event City:	Boston
Father Name:	John C Phillips
Mother Name:	Anna T

There is also a passport applications in 1906 for the Peking egations