Ambrose Baber

Edward Ambrose Baber (23 April 1793 – 19 March 1846) was a U.S. doctor and diplomat. He was the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Italy from 1841 to 1844.

Biography

Baber was born in Buckingham County, Virginia. As an adult, he lived in Macon, Georgia, where he had a medical practice. He married the former Mary Sweet in 1829; they had two sons and three daughters.

Baber died due to an accidental ingestion of cyanide. His remains are buried in Macon.

Baber's Macon home is a registered historic landmark and was formerly the home to the law firm of Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP which has now relocated.

References

• Marraro, Howard R. (1946). "Ambrose Baber at the Court of Sardinia (1841-1843)," The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. XXX, No. 2, pp. 105–17.

External links

• List of U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Italy