List of United States Political Families (G) - The Grew, Lyons, Moffats, and Bennetts

The Grew, Lyons, Moffats, and Bennetts

• Joseph Grew (1880-1965), U.S. Minister to Denmark 1920-1921, U.S. Minister to Switzerland 1921-1924, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey 1927-1932, U.S. Ambassador to Japan 1932-1938. Father-in-law of Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Cecil B. Lyon.
  • Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943), U.S. Consul General in Sydney, Australia 1935-1937; U.S. Minister to Canada 1940-1943. Son-in-law of Joseph Grew.
  • Cecil B. Lyon (1903-1993), U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, Cuba 1931; U.S. Vice Consul in Hong Kong, China 1932; U.S. Consul in Tientsin, China 1938; U.S. Ambassador to Chile 1956-1958; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon 1964-1967; U.S. Ambassador to the Maldive Islands 1968. Son-in-law of Joseph Grew.
    • Jay P. Moffat (1932-), U.S. Ambassador to Chad 1983-1985. Son of Jay Pierrepont Moffat.
    • William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994), U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic 1964-1966, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal 1966-1969. Nephew by marriage of Jay Pierrepont Moffat.

NOTE: Jay Pierrepont Moffat was also great-grandnephew of New York City Mayor Seth Low, nephew of Connecticut State Representative Seth Low Pierrepont, brother of New York Assemblyman Abbot Low Moffat, and brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador John Campbell White.