the State Department, and was appointed Consul and Secretary of Legation to Stockholm, to which city he accompanied General J. J. Bartlett, U. S. Minister to Sweden.

Returning to Washington during President Grant's administration, he was appointed Consul to Barcelona, Spain, where he served during the political upheaval, at which time many political prisoners appealed to him for protection, and he frequently saw a mob in control of the city.

Later he was made private secretary to Col. Charles H. Lewis, U. S. Minister to Portugal, with official residence in Lisbon.

With his resignation he ended his diplomatic career and returned to the United States, becoming a member of the Open Board of Brokers, and later a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Improving some of the opportunities presented, he acquired a fortune, withdrew from "The Street," and, having obtained a new appointment, he returned to Europe.

While in Lisbon in his official capacity he was frequently at court, and there, under the strict court etiquette, met Her Royal Highness Dona Isabel, sister to ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, and her daughter, Princess Dona Maria Isabella Francoise de Bourbon, Countess de Gurowski, who, banished from Spain, were living in exile in Lisbon.

His marriage to the Princess, who was born at Brussels, in Belgium, June 10, 1847, under a dispensation from the Pope, took place in Lisbon November 12, 1870, at the French Roman Catholic Church of St. Louis.

While at Lisbon King Dom Luis conferred upon him two orders of knighthood, viz.: Knight of the Royal Military Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Knight of the Royal Military Order of Portugal of Our Lady of the Conception Villa Vicosa.