James Maury (consul)

James Maury was one of the first United States diplomats and one of the first American consuls appointed overseas. In 1790 he was appointed to the Consulate of the United States in Liverpool, one of the first overseas consulates founded by the then fledgling United States of America. Maury held the position of consul foryears until he was removed from office by President Andrew Jackson in 1829.

James Maury was born in February 1746 in Albemarle County, Virginia. He was the son of The Reverend James Maury , an educator and Anglican cleric in the American colonies, of Huguenot ancestry. Among The Reverend Maurys notable pupils were Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the First Bishop of Virginia. Young James attended his fathers school and was part of a class of five pupils that included Jefferson. Maury frequently accompanied Jefferson to the latters home on Saturdays when school was not in session

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