Warren Delano Robbins (September 3, 1885 – April 7, 1935) was an American diplomat and first cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He served as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1931 to 1933 and as the U.S. Minister to El Salvador and Canada.
Warren Delano Robbins was born on September 3, 1885, in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Harvard University in 1908.
In 1909, Robbins became a secretary on the staff of the United States Ambassador to Portugal. In subsequent years, he would work in a lower-level diplomatic function in Argentina (1909), France (1911), and Guatemala (1914). In 1916, he was briefly assigned to the Department of State's Division of Latin American Affairs before returning to Argentina in 1917 and then on to Chile in 1919. In 1921, he was promoted as Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs, before serving in Germany (1922) and Italy (1925).
In 1929, he was elevated to Minister and given his first post as Chief of Mission, in Salvador. (The country would change its name to El Salvador while he was at that post.) In 1930, he was made a White House ceremonial officer and in 1931 was reassigned to the State Department as Chief of Protocol of the United States. In this role, he was responsible for greeting foreign dignitaries and other ceremonial duties.
In 1933, Robbins was assigned as Chief of Mission to Canada, a position he held until shortly before his death.
Robbins died of pneumonia on April 7, 1935, aged 49.
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