1900 - Appointed secretary general of provisional government, Tientsin, China
1902-1905 - Foreign advisor to viceroy of Chilhi Province, China
1905-1907 - Chief clerk, State Department, Washington, D. C.
1907-1909 - United States consul general, Shanghai, China
1909-1915 - United States consul general, Vienna, Austria
1915-1917 - Vice president, Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit, Mich.
1917 - Director, Bureau of Foreign Agents, War Trade Board, Washington, D. C.
1918 - Special representative, State Department, Japan and China
1922-1923 - Special representative, United States Shipping Board, Japan and China
∼Diplomat and auto executive. Charles Denby, the son of Charles and Martha Denby, graduated from Princeton University in 1882 and became second secretary of the American Legation at Peking (now Beijing), China, rising to first secretary and serving in that capacity until 1897, when he entered business in Tientsin.
After the establishment of the provisional government by the allied powers following the Boxer uprising in 1900, he was appointed Secretary-General and served for two years until becoming foreign advisor to the Governor-General of North China.
In 1905, he returned to the United States to become chief clerk in the State Department but went again to China as Consul-General at Shanghai. In 1909, he was made Consul General at Vienna, where he served until 1915.
By 1915 and for the next two years, Denby was vice-president at the Hupp Motor Car Company at Detroit, but at America's entrance into the First World War, he became director of the Bureau of foreign Agents of the War Trade Board.
In 1918, he returned to China as a special agent of the State Department, and was special representative of the United States Shipping Board in China and Japan between 1922 and 1923.
He maintained his residence in Washington, DC between 1916 and 1936, and was survived by his widow Martha Orr Denby, sons James (the American consul at Capetwon, South Africa), Charles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Edwin of New York. He was predeceased by a brother, Edwin, the secretary of the United States Navy.
1900 - Appointed secretary general of provisional government, Tientsin, China
1902-1905 - Foreign advisor to viceroy of Chilhi Province, China
1905-1907 - Chief clerk, State Department, Washington, D. C.
1907-1909 - United States consul general, Shanghai, China
1909-1915 - United States consul general, Vienna, Austria
1915-1917 - Vice president, Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit, Mich.
1917 - Director, Bureau of Foreign Agents, War Trade Board, Washington, D. C.
1918 - Special representative, State Department, Japan and China
1922-1923 - Special representative, United States Shipping Board, Japan and China
∼Diplomat and auto executive. Charles Denby, the son of Charles and Martha Denby, graduated from Princeton University in 1882 and became second secretary of the American Legation at Peking (now Beijing), China, rising to first secretary and serving in that capacity until 1897, when he entered business in Tientsin.
After the establishment of the provisional government by the allied powers following the Boxer uprising in 1900, he was appointed Secretary-General and served for two years until becoming foreign advisor to the Governor-General of North China.
In 1905, he returned to the United States to become chief clerk in the State Department but went again to China as Consul-General at Shanghai. In 1909, he was made Consul General at Vienna, where he served until 1915.
By 1915 and for the next two years, Denby was vice-president at the Hupp Motor Car Company at Detroit, but at America's entrance into the First World War, he became director of the Bureau of foreign Agents of the War Trade Board.
In 1918, he returned to China as a special agent of the State Department, and was special representative of the United States Shipping Board in China and Japan between 1922 and 1923.
He maintained his residence in Washington, DC between 1916 and 1936, and was survived by his widow Martha Orr Denby, sons James (the American consul at Capetwon, South Africa), Charles of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Edwin of New York. He was predeceased by a brother, Edwin, the secretary of the United States Navy.
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