Harry F. Stimpson Jr.

Harry Farnum Stimpson Jr. (1913–2005) was an American lawyer who was the United States' ambassador to Paraguay from 1959 to 1961.

Early life
Harry was born on October 16, 1913, as the second son of Harry Farnum Simpson Sr. and his wife Francis Maude Greenway. He studied at Noble and Greenough School, Harvard University, and University of Virginia School of Law, graduating at all of those.

Political career and marriage
On 27 June 1942, Harry married Margaret Lewis Bird in Virginia. From 1953 to 1954, he was the secretary for the governor of Massachusetts. On 27 August 1959, Harry was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the United States' ambassador to Paraguay, also becoming an assistant to Christian Herter, the Secretary of State at the time. After leaving his post in 1961, he was a candidate for representativeship in Massachusetts's 11th district.

Later life and death
In 1987, his wife Margaret died. Two years later, he married again, this time to Martha B. Stimpson. He died on 7 April 2005 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.