Richard Washburn Child (1881 - 1935)

Born 5 Aug 1881 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Jan 1935 at age 53 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Biography

Richard was born in 1881. He was the son of Horace Child. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1906 and founded the Republican Progressive League in Massachusetts which was a forerunner to the Progressive Party. He was a correspondent during World War 1 which then morphed into a pro Ganda writer for the US Treasury. In 1916 he published a book and then in 1919 became editor of Collier's Weekly. He came to fame as a propaganda author who wrote for Warren G Harding's campaign and eventually became the ambassador to Italy as Mussolini came to power. He lobbied for support to Mussolini's government and was a supporter of Fascism. He passed away in 1935 due to pneumonia.

Sources

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX7G-NL1 : 12 November 2022), Richard W. Childs, 1880. NOTE: This documents is transcribed as 1880 but it has a hand written note that it is a 1881 document using an 1880 form.
• "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24M5-FLP : 19 August 2022), Richard Child and Mary Scott, 1904.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/210100662/richard-washburn-child: accessed 03 February 2023), memorial page for Richard Washburn Child (5 Aug 1881–31 Jan 1935), Find A Grave: Memorial #210100662, citing Saint Columba Catholic Cemetery, Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Bobby Kelley (contributor 46959922).
• Wikipedia.org, Richard Washburn Child