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David Gray (1870–1968)〔(The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Gravley to Gray )〕 was best known as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 15 April 1940 until 28 June 1947.〔( NNDB: US Ambassador to Ireland )〕 His official title was 'Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary' and his official residence was Florida.〔(Former Ambassadors - U.S. Embassy Dublin, Ireland )〕 In his own words, his appointment to the Ambassadorship was nepotic, as he was First Lady's Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle through marriage. Gray was the Ambassador through most of the Second World War and the start of the Cold War. He led American efforts to convince Ireland to enter the war on the side of the Allies. His performance was such that Éamon de Valera sought repeatedly to have Gray replaced by another ambassador, especially after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.〔 The character of David Gray was played in the RTÉ television series ''Caught in a Free State'' by the actor O. Z. Whitehead. ==Gray's relationship with President Franklin Roosevelt== As a Roosevelt family member, Gray wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt a number of dry verses and remarks to the President, sometimes humorous and sometimes scathing in his opinions of De Valera and Irish policy towards the War. Senior lecturer in U.S. Foreign Policy, Timothy J. Lynch, has observed that 'his animus towards his host nation made Gray atypical of American ambassadors in Dublin'. Gray, among other things, relied for guidance on seances conducted at the embassy residence, according to T. Ryle Dwyer, author of a number of publications on Irish neutrality. During WWII Gray was completely at odds with the OSS in Ireland. The OSS and MI5 received good cooperation from the Irish G2 intelligence service but Gray insisted otherwise.〔 Gray donated many of his personal papers to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library before his death, including extensive correspondence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Gray (ambassador)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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