Cecil Spring Rice

Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice, GCMG, GCVO, PC (27 February 1859 – 14 February 1918) was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918, as which he was responsible for the organisation of British efforts to end American neutrality during the First World War.

Quotes

• One by one, the Jews are capturing the principal newspapers of America.
  • Letter of November 1914, to Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary. See The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring-Rice: A Record, Volume 2. Constable, 1930.