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Grenville T. Emmet (August 2, 1877 – September 26, 1937), was an American attorney and diplomat. He practiced law with Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands and Austria. ==Life and career== Grenville Temple Emmet was born in New Rochelle, New York on August 2, 1877. He was educated at Concord, New Hampshire's Saint Paul's School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1898.〔Harvard College, (Harvard College Class of 1898, Quindecennial Report ), 1913, page 94〕 In 1898 Emmet joined the New York National Guard's 69th Infantry Regiment as a Second Lieutenant. He remained with the unit when it was federalized for service in the Spanish–American War. Emmet was promoted to First Lieutenant and appointed as the regiment's adjutant. He continued to serve in the National Guard, and remained active in veterans organizations.〔''Magazine of American History'', (The Emmet family in America ), Volume 31, Numbers 1–3, (January–March, 1903), page 140〕〔New York Adjutant General, (Annual Report ), 1899, page 189〕〔New York Adjutant General, (Annual Report ), Part 2, 1903, page 327〕〔''New York Times'', ("Old Guard Will Hold Reception" ), January 24, 1926〕 In 1901 Emmet received his law degree from New York Law School. After attaining admission to the bar he practiced in partnership with Langdon Marvin and Franklin Roosevelt as part of a firm founded by Thomas Addis Emmet in 1805. (Roosevelt would practice with Emmet at various times in his career. The firm continues to operate and is currently known as Emmet, Marvin & Martin.)〔Arthur Russell Wilcox, (The Bar of Rye Township, Westchester County, New York ), 1918, page 252〕〔Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, (Emmet: 200 Years, 1805–2005 ), 2005, pages 7, 10–11〕 A Democrat, in 1934 Roosevelt named him United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.〔''Christian Science Monitor'', ("Envoy to Holland Named" ), January 2, 1934〕〔''New York Times'', ("Holland Receives Our Envoy" ), March 23, 1934〕 He served until 1937, when he was appointed United States Ambassador to Austria.〔''New York Times'', ("G. T. Emmet to Austria: Roosevelt Names New Yorker as Minister" ), July 7, 1937〕 Emmet was ill with pneumonia when he arrived in Austria, and he was Ambassador for only 10 days. He died in Vienna's Hotel Bristol on September 26, 1937.〔''New York Times'', ("In Office Ten Days, U.S. Minister Dies; Grenville T. Emmet Victim of Pneumonia in Vienna" ), September 27, 1937〕〔''New York Times'', ("Emmet Services at Vienna Today" ), September 30, 1937〕 He is buried at Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church in Bedford, New York.〔(Grenville Temple Emmet ) at (Find A Grave ), accessed December 14, 2012〕〔''New York Times'', ("G. T. Emmet Funeral to be Held Monday" ), October 16, 1937〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grenville T. Emmet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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