Robert H. McBride

Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983)[1] was an American diplomat.

[2][3][4] Robert Henry McBride was born in Aberdeen, Scotland to American parents, and attended schools in Spain and France.

[2] He joined the United States Foreign Service in 1941, and served in embassies in Havana, Algiers, Naples, Port-au-Prince, Rabat, Paris and Madrid.

[2] He served as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1967 to 1969, and to Mexico from 1969 to 1974.

[2] He sat on the board of directors of the Inter-American Council for Immigration and Development.

McBride (left) with Congolese President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu and Foreign Minister Justin Marie Bomboko shortly after presenting his credentials as Ambassador to the Congo, 1967