Wilton Blancké

Wilton Wendell Blancké (June 29, 1908 – 1971) was an American diplomat and author.

He later joined the U.S. Foreign Service and became a U.S. Consul in Hanoi, North Vietnam, in 1950.

On February 13, 1952, Blancké married Frances Elizabeth Nichol.

In 1955, he was assigned o serve as counselor to US Ambassador Charles W. Yost in Laos.

On November 9, 1960, Blancké was nominated by President Eisenhower to be the United States Ambassador to the newly independent nation of the Republic of the Congo, then to the Central African Republic, Chad, and Gabon on December 12, 1960.