| Code | DS/UK/687 |
| Dates | 18/08/1896-03/07/1969 |
| Person Name | Warburg; James Paul (18/08/1896-03/07/1969) |
| Surname | Warburg |
| Forenames | James Paul |
| Activity | Banker; First National Bank of Boston (1919-1921); Vice President at the International Acceptance Bank (1921-1929); President at the International Manhattan Company (1929-1931), President of the International Acceptance Bank (1931-1932); Vice Chairman of the Board at the Bank of Manhattan Company (1932-1935). Financial adviser to President Roosevelt (1932-34); acted as financial adviser at the London World Economic Conference (1933). Re-entered government service in 1941 as Special Assistant to the Coordinator of Information, William Joseph Donovan. |
| Relationships | Nephew of Aby Warburg; son of Paul Moritz Warburg and Nina Warburg, née Loeb; brother of Bettina Grimson, née Warburg; husband of Katherine Warburg, née Swift, divorced 1934. |
| History | Studied at Harvard University and served in the US Navy Flying Corps in WWI. |
| Source | Supplement to Warburg Genealogy. Stamm-und Nachfahrentafel der Familie Warburg (Hamburg1937), copy in WIA; R. Chernow, The Warburgs: A family saga, London 1993; "James Paul Warburg", wikipedia.en; URL: <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Warburg>> [accessed 01/02/2011]. |
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