Felipe Aja de Espile
Felipe Aja de Espil (born May 17, 1887 in San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires Province, died January 23, 1972 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine lawyer and diplomat.
Life and career
He was the son of Juana Vázquez and Felipe S. Espil. In 1914 he graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires with a law degree. From 1918 to 1921 he was First Class Legation Secretary in Washington, D.C. and in the absence of Ambassador Tomás Alberto Le Breton, Chargé d'Affaires. From 1921 to 1928 he was envoy in The Hague. From 1928 to 1929 he was envoy in Oslo and Copenhagen. From 1931 to 1943 he was ambassador to Washington, D.C. In 1945 he was ambassador to Madrid. In 1946 he was Ambassador to the Court of St James's. In 1946 he was chairman of the Argentine delegation to dissolve the League of Nations in Geneva. In 1955 he was ambassador to Rio de Janeiro. He retired in 1959.
Considered to be an "ardent fascist", Espil is known to have been a close friend of Wallis Simpson while he was stationed in the Argentine embassy in Washington D.C.[1]
References
- ↑ Foot, Paul (September 15, 1988). "The great times they could have had" – via www.lrb.co.uk.
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