Charles H. Sherrill (ambassador)
Charles Hitchcock Sherrill (April 13, 1867 in Washington, DC, United States – June 25, 1936 in Paris, France) was an American politician, diplomat, sport officer, and author.
[1][2] He was appointed as US Minister to Argentina from 1909 to 1910 and served an important role in securing the contracts for two Rivadavia-class battleships during the South American dreadnought race,[3] and US Ambassador to Turkey from 1932 to 1933.
Shortly after retiring from public office Sherrill proclaimed his admiration for Europe's strong men and predicted the end of parliamentary form of government, which he dubbed "inept" and referred to as "so-called democracy."
In a long letter to the editors of The New York Times, published on June 4, 1933, he singled out Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, for praise and spoke of the "amazing betterment" of life accomplished by his régime.
Sherrill sent the information to the IOC president, Henri de Baillet-Latour, who did not insist on Jewish participation on the German teams.
[9] The Sport (Dublin) described his position as follows: "Sherrill gets down behind the mark, closes his hands tightly over his corks and rests his knuckles on or behind the scratch line.
"[12] At Hamilton Park, New Haven, Connecticut, on 15 June 1888, Sherrill set, in two separate races, two American records, and tied another.
[16] Three days later the first crouch start to be seen in Britain occurred at a South London Harriers promotion at the Oval cricket ground, where Thomas Nicholas of Cardiff attracted a lot of attention to himself in a heat of the 100 yards, which he won.
[17] In February 1889 Sherrill was reported as being "desperately ill," but by May he had sufficiently recovered from both this and his tendon injury to retain his IC4A 100 yards title in New York.
[28] He wrote twenty-two books, especially on stained glass windows in European churches, and the interwar politics including Turkey (Atatürk), Italy (Mussolini), and the United States (Roosevelt).
