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Beaufort T. Watts (1798–1869)

State of Residence: South Carolina
  1. Chargé d’Affaires (Colombia)
    Appointed: March 3, 1827
    Termination of Mission: Left post on November 21, 1827
    • No report has been found concerning Watts’s presentation of credentials as Chargé d’Affaires en titre; he had been serving at Bogota as Chargé d’Affaires ad interim since June 1826. Commissioned to Colombia (i.e. “Gran Colombia,” which separated into the states of Ecuador, New Granada, and Venezuela).