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While stationed in Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the [[Revolutionary Movement 8th October]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], on [[September 4]] [[1969]]. The incident formed the basis of the 1997 [[Bruno Barreto]] film ''[[Four Days in September]]'' (''O Que É Isso, Companheiro?''), starring [[Alan Arkin]], Pedro Cardoso and [[Fisher Stevens]]. The storyline was adapted from the 1979 memoirs of [[Fernando Gabeira]], former member of revolutionary cell MR-8 and latterly a journalist and congressman in Brazil's Green Party. Ambassador Elbrick completed his diplomatic career as under-secretary of State for European Affairs. |
While stationed in Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the [[Revolutionary Movement 8th October]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], on [[September 4]] [[1969]]. The incident formed the basis of the 1997 [[Bruno Barreto]] film ''[[Four Days in September]]'' (''O Que É Isso, Companheiro?''), starring [[Alan Arkin]], Pedro Cardoso and [[Fisher Stevens]]. The storyline was adapted from the 1979 memoirs of [[Fernando Gabeira]], former member of revolutionary cell MR-8 and latterly a journalist and congressman in Brazil's Green Party. Ambassador Elbrick completed his diplomatic career as under-secretary of State for European Affairs. |
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He was married to Elvira Lindsay Johnson (1910-1990), whose mother was Caroline Gilbert Johnson (a direct descendant of the founder of [[Gilbertsville, New York]] (1787) Abijah Gilbert and his grandson, also [[Abijah Gilbert]], United States Senator for Florida a year after its secession from the Union). Her father was Vice Admiral [[Alfred Wilkinson Johnson]], and her great-uncle was the celebrated artist [[Eastman Johnson]]. By her, Charles Burke Elbrick had two children- [[Alfred Johnson Elbrick]] (b. Norfolk, Virginia, 12th November, 1938) and [[Valerie Elvira Elbrick]] (b. Washington D.C., 21st March, 1942). He was survived by two grandchildren by his daughter, Charles Burke and Nicholas Seth Hanlon, and by four by his son, Tristan Charles Johnson (married to Francesca, [[Duchess of Acerenza]]), Sophie Evelyn Stephanie Merrilees (married to Irish composer [[Donnacha Dennehy]]), Alexia Elvira Caroline (married to Harvard expert on frog skeletal development and evolution, Dr. Ryan Kerney), and Tony-nominated actress [[Xanthe Elbrick|Xanthe Eleanora Marie Davina]]. |
He was married to Elvira Lindsay Johnson (1910-1990), whose mother was Caroline Gilbert Johnson (a direct descendant of the founder of [[Gilbertsville, New York]] (1787) Abijah Gilbert and his grandson, also [[Abijah Gilbert]], United States Senator for Florida a year after its secession from the Union). Her father was Vice Admiral [[Alfred Wilkinson Johnson]], and her great-uncle was the celebrated artist [[Eastman Johnson]]. By her, Charles Burke Elbrick had two children- [[Alfred Johnson Elbrick]] (b. Norfolk, Virginia, 12th November, 1938) and [[Valerie Elvira Elbrick]] (b. Washington D.C., 21st March, 1942). He was survived by two grandchildren by his daughter, Charles Burke and Nicholas Seth Hanlon, and by four by his son, Tristan Charles Johnson (married to Francesca, [[Duchess of Acerenza]]), Sophie Evelyn Stephanie Merrilees (married to Irish composer [[Donnacha Dennehy]]), Alexia Elvira Caroline Hannah (married to Harvard expert on frog skeletal development and evolution, Dr. Ryan Kerney), and Tony-nominated actress [[Xanthe Elbrick|Xanthe Eleanora Marie Davina]]. |
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Ambassador Elbrick was knighted in the [http://www.orderofmalta.org Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ('[[Order of Malta]]')] by the Prince and Grand Master, [[Angelo de Mojana di Cologna|Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna]]. He was knighted in the [http://www.oessg-gm.net Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre] by the Grand Master, His Eminence Maximilian, [[Maximilien de Furstenberg|Cardinal de Furstenberg]]. His funeral was held at [[Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle|St. Matthew's Cathedral]], Washington DC. |
Ambassador Elbrick was knighted in the [http://www.orderofmalta.org Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ('[[Order of Malta]]')] by the Prince and Grand Master, [[Angelo de Mojana di Cologna|Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna]]. He was knighted in the [http://www.oessg-gm.net Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre] by the Grand Master, His Eminence Maximilian, [[Maximilien de Furstenberg|Cardinal de Furstenberg]]. His funeral was held at [[Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle|St. Matthew's Cathedral]], Washington DC. |
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Revision as of 17:32, 5 September 2007
Hon. Charles Burke Elbrick, (b. Louisville, Kentucky, March 25th 1908, d. Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 12th April 1983), was the son of Charles Elbrick and his Irish wife Lillian Burke. He graduated with a leading Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College, and narrowly missed selection for a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. Having joined the United States Foreign Service in 1932, Elbrick was initially appointed Vice Consul in Panama. After a number of interim responsibilities, he was promoted to Assistant Secretary (to the Secretary of State) for European Affairs in 1957. Thereafter, Ambassador Elbrick was variously the representative of the United States to Portugal (1958), Yugoslavia (1964) and Brazil (1969). In 1969 he was honoured by the US President with the rank of Career Ambassador.
While stationed in Brazil, Charles Burke Elbrick was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Movement 8th October in Rio de Janeiro, on September 4 1969. The incident formed the basis of the 1997 Bruno Barreto film Four Days in September (O Que É Isso, Companheiro?), starring Alan Arkin, Pedro Cardoso and Fisher Stevens. The storyline was adapted from the 1979 memoirs of Fernando Gabeira, former member of revolutionary cell MR-8 and latterly a journalist and congressman in Brazil's Green Party. Ambassador Elbrick completed his diplomatic career as under-secretary of State for European Affairs.
He was married to Elvira Lindsay Johnson (1910-1990), whose mother was Caroline Gilbert Johnson (a direct descendant of the founder of Gilbertsville, New York (1787) Abijah Gilbert and his grandson, also Abijah Gilbert, United States Senator for Florida a year after its secession from the Union). Her father was Vice Admiral Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, and her great-uncle was the celebrated artist Eastman Johnson. By her, Charles Burke Elbrick had two children- Alfred Johnson Elbrick (b. Norfolk, Virginia, 12th November, 1938) and Valerie Elvira Elbrick (b. Washington D.C., 21st March, 1942). He was survived by two grandchildren by his daughter, Charles Burke and Nicholas Seth Hanlon, and by four by his son, Tristan Charles Johnson (married to Francesca, Duchess of Acerenza), Sophie Evelyn Stephanie Merrilees (married to Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy), Alexia Elvira Caroline Hannah (married to Harvard expert on frog skeletal development and evolution, Dr. Ryan Kerney), and Tony-nominated actress Xanthe Eleanora Marie Davina.
Ambassador Elbrick was knighted in the Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta ('Order of Malta') by the Prince and Grand Master, Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna. He was knighted in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre by the Grand Master, His Eminence Maximilian, Cardinal de Furstenberg. His funeral was held at St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington DC.
Elbrick's New York Times Obituary on April 15th 1983 described him as a 'tall, slender man of suave demeanor in exquisitely tailored suits'.
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