Frederic Courtland Penfield - People - Department History
Frederic Courtland Penfield (1855–1922)
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State of Residence: Pennsylvania
- Agent/Consul General (Egypt)
Appointed: May 13, 1893
Presentation of Credentials: December 11, 1893
Termination of Mission: Relinquished charge June 17, 1897- Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned on August 25, 1893, after confirmation.
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Austria)
Appointed: July 28, 1913
Presentation of Credentials: September 26, 1913
Termination of Mission: Left post on April 7, 1917- Commissioned to Austria-Hungary.