Name Ridgway Knight Profession Diplomat | ||
President John F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson Full Name Ridgway Brewster Knight Died August 14, 2001, Inxent, France | ||
Preceded by W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. | ||
Ridgway Brewster Knight (June 12, 1911 – August 14, 2001) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Syria (1961–1965), Belgium (1965–1969) and Portugal (1969–1973).
The son of American parents living in Paris (painter Louis Aston Knight and Caroline Ridgeway Brewster), he studied and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1931. Following his studies, Knight began importing French wine to the US, and in 1942 took part in organizing the US landing in Algeria.
Knight served as US ambassador to several countries, and later served as president of the American Club of Paris (1984–1989). He got married to Christine Saint-Léger at Inxent on February 19, 1983. His grandson, Ridgway B. Knight 3rd, married Patricia Wachtell on May 30, 1987. Knight died in Inxent, France, at the age of 90.